scent
Example Sentences
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Instead of shelves of alcohol, apothecary drawers stocked with ingredients like goji berries and angelica root line the walls, permeating the room with their scent.
From Barron's
Instead, I lean forward to inhale the scent of rotting fruit for a long moment before wrapping the scarf back around my pet pineapple.
From Literature
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It growled at the scent of bacon that wafted up to his bedroom.
From Literature
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In the morning, you may feel the sharpness of toothpaste, hear and feel water running in the shower, smell shampoo, and later take in the comforting scent of freshly brewed coffee.
From Science Daily
The dry forest floor scratched his cheek as he inhaled the pungent scent of dead leaves.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.