skunky

Example Sentences

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Running along the trails that whipsaw through the oak forests of the Palo Alto hills , I was hit with a musky, skunky smell that made the hair on my neck stand up.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

It was a skunky, 19-16 victory over the lousy Detroit Lions, who self-destructed with four turnovers behind a second-string quarterback.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2019

In Secaucus, where a faint skunky new odor now mixes with the acrid belchings of trucks on the Meadowlands Parkway, Harmony Dispensary is looking forward to progress, however it comes.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2018

The fresh, green leaves with their eponymous skunky scent are shiny and new and just starting to grow toward the luxuriant size that makes them handy sunshades.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2017

Hence the common presence of a sulfurous quality, which may be eggy or meaty or oniony or cabbagy or skunky, from compounds like hydrogen sulfide, various methyl sulfides, and methanethiol.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2013