foul-smelling
Example Sentences
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Symptoms can include painful skin sores or wounds that may not heal, the feeling of the larvae moving, or a foul-smelling odor, the CDC says.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
On presentation to the emergency department, according to the time line in the article, she exhibited low blood pressure, a tender abdomen, and foul-smelling discharge during a pelvic exam—all evidence of abdominal infection.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024
Historically, solvent-based paints were easy to apply and durable, though they released foul-smelling VOCs into the air both during and after application, stinking up a newly painted room.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024
In Jerusalem, police used skunk water - a foul-smelling substance fired from water cannon - to clear protesters who had blocked the Begin Boulevard, the city's major north-south highway.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024
The ship was so very hot, so foul-smelling of sickness.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
