odor

Example Sentences

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Seven Disneyland employees were treated at hospitals on Tuesday after an odor in a backstage area at the park caused them to become dizzy and short of breath.

From Los Angeles Times

Food and water soon became scarce, thirst and hunger a commonplace, with nauseating odors emanating from the toilets.

From The Wall Street Journal

After what felt like an eternity of pushing and shoving and enough up-close-and-personal encounters with body odor to last a lifetime, I was finally outside in the mercifully fresh air.

From Literature

It was a sweet-sour odor, and I recognized it right away, for I had smelled it before.

From Literature

I was pretty dirty, but I couldn’t smell anything over the rancid odor of the trolls and their sludge.

From Literature