odorous

Example Sentences

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One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Contaminated water has seeped out of Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic, forming streams of odorous waste and fumes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

The incandescent bulb’s bright light replaced the dim and often odorous illumination of oil and gas lamps that brought the risk of fire and, in the case of gas, of suffocation and explosions.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Still, the stockings were certainly odorous enough to entice mosquitoes.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2022

The air temperature in the building had soared beyond ninety degrees, and the place had turned steamy, odorous, alive with monkey calls.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston