rancid

Example Sentences

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As Nolso opens the door, a rancid odour escaped.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

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 • Feb. 24, 2026

To put it directly, the smell of rancid meat is created by way of countless tiny bacterial farts.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

The goat was "nasty and mean", smelled "disgusting, musky, rancid", and would chase her young children, knocking them down.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

After I had taken several turns I caught the rancid smell of something dead.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss