sweet-smelling
Example Sentences
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Such an invasion might not be so bad if the plants were benign, nutritious, sweet-smelling or all of the above.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
“What perplexes me is that despite the plant being known for its stinky smell, it also produces several sweet-smelling chemicals.”
From Salon • May 27, 2025
Some scents, for example, may have "universal" interpretations to humans -- something that nearly always smells pleasant, like a sweet-smelling flower.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
Some indoor plants flower in winter, such as bright-red anthurium, sweet-smelling jasmine, durable and cheerful kalanchoe, and amaryllis bulbs.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022
Although his sweet-smelling breath was an improvement over burped-tuna-flavored funk, my nose still wrinkled.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
