rancid

Example Sentences

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Our noses told us, first, that the place was filthy: somewhere plumbing had backed up, the bedding was soiled and rancid.

From Literature

In an instant he took in a ruined face as rough as tree bark; waist-length hair matted with filth; a rancid cape of slimy yellow reeds.

From Literature

“Such a clever boy,” said the miller, adding sugar to his oily voice, but instead of sweet he sounded rancid.

From Literature

Reports are already emerging from the South Texas Family Residential Center an hour south of San Antonio, which ICE uses to house children slated for removal from this country, of rancid food and overcrowded cells.

From Los Angeles Times

As I completed them, I began to notice that my heels of bread grew larger; my ration of watery soup contained a stringy piece of vegetable, or sometimes a hunk of rancid meat.

From Literature