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Example Sentences

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Disproportionate death sentences may be convincing to those who make clemency decisions, and they reek of unfairness.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

If that doesn’t reek of a corporate attempt to get people hooked, I don’t know what does.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

So the two embarked on a survey in the university hostels asking a truly human question: if our sneakers reek, doesn't that ruin the entire experience of using a shoe rack?

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

There are also a lot of fires in her fiction, and scenes that reek of tombs.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

It smells like his room used to when he lived at home, a faint vinegary reek that would cause Mom to break out the Febreze on a regular basis.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman