effluvia
Example Sentences
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One turbine spins in the fiery effluvia of engine exhaust, with temperatures around 1,000 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Many Wallingford houses were built to avoid the hellish view of tower effluvia.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023
But she also makes you fear for Alexia, who can outrun the authorities but can’t escape the agonizing contortions and messy alien effluvia of her own body.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2021
In the new world, now free of liturgy and magic, “the balsamic effluvia of springtime meadows,” writes Corbin, “became an obsession.”
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
The effluvia of his garments told eloquently his profession.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
