big stink
Example Sentences
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“We were just having a conversion because obviously there was a big stink that was made out of it last year, right?”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
On my way to check out the big stink in Carson, I felt like I was driving into a storm of environmental hazards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
“People caught on as they got to know him, but nobody made a big stink over it because if he didn’t, you didn’t. It kept him earning it all on his own, so to speak.”
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Emma’s friends made a big stink about it and told people it was time to kick Morgan out of their circles.
From The Verge ● Feb. 21, 2018
My mother can make a very big stink about that kind of stuff.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
