- present participle of smell.
smelling
Example Sentences
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This version leans hard into fresh corn, still in its cool green husks and already smelling sweet before you cut it from the cob.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Especially during high-traffic times, after waiting in line, you’d pick up a phone still warm from the grip of the inmate who’d just been using it, the receiver still smelling like his breath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It was the worst smelling place I’ve ever been in my whole life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Emergency workers stood on the charred roof, still smelling of burning, sawing off damaged sections and tossing the debris into a pile.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
She had assumed she was never going to see the woman again; now here she was, smelling of pine and honeysuckle, sweet and flowery like the best kind of summer day.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
