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scent

[sent] / sɛnt /




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On better days, she strolled up to it, even hugging its jagged trunk and inhaling the earthy scent to lift her spirits.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

While completing their sets, researchers measured hunger and desire to eat after each 30-second exposure to one of the scent samples.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Spacious, chilly and cloaked in an earthy scent, they hold hundreds of oak barrels and several towering steel tanks full of maturing wine.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Tensions are rising as the scent perfumes senior centers and retirement communities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Something had passed between them—a scent, a look, a sound I had not heard.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Septimus Piesse, a 19th-century chemist, translated sounds into smells, proclaiming an “octave of odors,” the authors explain, “with correspondences between notes and scents providing the basis for harmonious olfactory combinations.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Indulge in scents of the West Coast with the Woody Wagons Cologne collection by Louis Vuitton in collaboration with Alex Israel.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Nadira Goffe argues that watching the film in 4DX—which features, among other things, scents, moving chairs, and sprays of water—is the superior way to experience the epic adventure.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

The New York-based business makes a variety of products, ranging from scents for perfumes to ingredients used in food that can help digestion.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

A wisp of steam escaped the pot's spout, and she found that she could smell it, spicy and floral amid the earthier scents of the river.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

However, listing images of the property show that it is now completely empty—with not a single Juicy Couture sweatsuit or scented candle in sight, suggesting that Madison has vacated the home completely.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

They reminisce about the brown bread: those sweet, dark little wheat loaves scented with honey, molasses, cocoa powder and espresso.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

The beds are dotted with scented flowers such as honeysuckle, jasmine and lavender, and textured foliage and grasses that patients can touch and smell from their beds.

From BBC May 29, 2026

“We can never go back to the old days where the air was clean and pure and sweet and scented with orange blossoms.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

To stay she would have to explain herself, so she slipped away into the darkness, tiptoeing quickly over the slabs of stone and the scented herbs that grew between them.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The Japanese accomplish subtle scenting with nioi-bukuro, breathable sachets.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 14, 2026

The moves in the long-term government bonds are a warning sign of bond sharks scenting some blood in the water.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2025

Signs that your feline friend is bonded to you include scenting by rubbing their head on you, showing their belly, blinking and letting you get close.

From Scientific American Dec. 21, 2022

In the summer, the hardliners struck, scenting weakness in a man now abandoned by many liberal allies.

From Reuters Aug. 30, 2022

He tried for them in all directions, but his nose was useless, the fine scenting nerves numbed by ash and soot.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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