fetid

Example Sentences

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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

Pawpaws' maroon flowers and fetid odor suggest that flies and beetles are the plant's primary pollinators.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

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

The park also built a larger sun canopy for the giraffe and dredged out garbage and fetid water from a pool that took up much of the enclosure.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

I could almost feel the fetid gas cloud escaping from the mouth of the bottle and wafting like a moist cadavers hand across my face.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith