foul breath
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Some of Boochani’s most vivid descriptions concern the smells of the camp: the unrelenting odor of men’s bodies in extreme heat, the inescapable smell of foul breath in close quarters.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 11, 2019
What Giles smelled that July day, while out on a research survey offshore of San Juan Island with the southern residents, was the foul breath of an animal in compromised health.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2019
Dozens of other men mill around the clinic: a dimly lit, mattress-lined, hangar-like building reeking of sweat and foul breath.
From Economist ● Jan. 12, 2017
He goes to the dentist twice a year and always has a clean bill of oral health, but I'm tired of being in bed with his foul breath.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2013
His foul breath jolted me awake as surely as if I’d been electrocuted by sluggers.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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