offensive smell
Example Sentences
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“Along with an offensive smell, that laceration may be accompanied by bleeding from the mouth, signs of pain, excessive drooling or pawing at the side of the face,” Dr. de Jong says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2018
It ended in a little spring, hidden under brambles, which seemed to emit an offensive smell.
From The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice
Also the offensive smell was much stronger in the former case than in the latter.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
Stink, stingk, v.i. to give out a strong, offensive smell: to have a bad reputation:—pa.t. stank; pa.p. stunk.—n. a disagreeable smell.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The leaves are grey, with a strong offensive smell resembling true sage.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
