odiferous

Example Sentences

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And yet now I saw that afterwards Kane had tweeted his followers to say, “Jolly end-of-term feel backstage. Got to meet the somewhat odiferous Stewart Lee.”

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2019

The college basketball season has begun under two odiferous clouds, making it reasonable to wonder why this athletic appendage of higher education seems so susceptible to smarminess.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2017

Explain that when certain people eat certain foods, what oozes out of their pores can be quite odiferous.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2014

None of these flatus gases can be detected by smell; the odiferous component must come from other trace gases produced by gut bacteria.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2012

“And now I’m going to get some sleep before our coachman delivers us unto the joys of the Ludington family barnyard and their odiferous pigs.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson