fetid

Example Sentences

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Human waste spilled out of the overflowing communal latrines near Nyariaka’s house and into the fetid water filling the culverts.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

The optimist notes that Baltimore’s division, the AFC North, is in a fetid state at the moment, with Aaron Rodgers and the strangely 3-1 Steelers coasting over the moribund Ravens, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

It is all too easy to find yourself submerged in fetid water, or sucked into a slurry of thick, black mud.

From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024

In the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson on the west bank, rescuers completely evacuated a neighborhood submerged in fetid floodwaters, venturing out in boats to pull people from roofs and the upper floors of homes.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

The fetid stench that had hung over the city for weeks was gone, replaced with brittle, pure air.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson