putrid

Example Sentences

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"Noam. I d love your advice on how I handle my putrid press," Epstein wrote, adding that media coverage was "spiralling out of control".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The Raiders were so putrid this season that they now own the No. 1 pick in April’s draft, giving the NFL’s most successful quarterback the chance to handpick a franchise quarterback of his own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

For years, they pumped the putrid fluids deep into the ground—and triggered hundreds of earthquakes, some with a magnitude of over 5.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

The “Meg” movies make the classic mistake of assuming that, just because audiences are into shark horror, they’ll stand for whatever putrid pigswill these films call a narrative.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

I was lost in the woods and I couldn’t find Pita or Chencho anymore, but I could smell his putrid eye socket.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall