smell

Nevertheless, I don’t want to hear, smell or see them in their present configuration, and I’ll bet a lot of other people feel the same way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Kulgod's co-founder Itamar Bitan, 28, who spent four years in an Israeli special-forces canine unit, said the dogs were trained using "positive reinforcement" to detect a "specific funky smell" for a reward.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

"The smell is like decaying wood being burned – that's the characteristic smell of peat. And that peat contains decomposed wood and organic material from many different sources."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Because these tears smell like cotton after a rainstorm in rural Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

And as if reading my mind, Lou says, “That scent is from my simmer pot. I just throw in some lemon peels, orange rind, and cinnamon sticks. Makes the house smell nice.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The sights, sounds, smells and camaraderie were priceless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Instead of being laid out spatially, its wiring works more like a bar code, with distributed patterns of activity representing particular smells or complex memories.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

This new wordmark smells like Le Labo’s Santal 33.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

"There is a catastrophic lack of hygiene -- smells, rubbish," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

He got a lungful of urine and some other smells he didn’t want to identify and immediately regretted his choice of hideout.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The haze can be smelled even indoors in the city of about 700,000 people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

"The lab smelled like a fish market," she says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

In previous research on dogs, the same brain region has been found to light up when the dogs anticipated a tasty snack, or smelled a familiar person.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

For spouses Jennifer Kraus and Abigail Cruz, the plants smelled like rotten garbage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Christopher felt the warmth of it on his skin; it smelled of mint and animal and something else, something magnificently wild: the smell, he thought, of glimourie.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

As the state has relied heavily on its water, native fish such as Chinook salmon, steelhead trout and longfin smelt have declined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

His mother said they smelt smoke and when they saw their neighbours leaving their homes they ran for their lives.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Look no further than GameStop’s $56 billion bid for eBay, which is the equivalent of a smelt swallowing a whale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, Delta smelt and other species have been declining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

There was the saliva that formed in my mouth whenever I smelt clay dust potted with fresh rain.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Experiencing it firsthand—walking through markets, smelling charcoal smoke and watching people cook—gave him a better understanding of how to build that depth of flavor into his own cooking.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Especially during high-traffic times, after waiting in line, you’d pick up a phone still warm from the grip of the inmate who’d just been using it, the receiver still smelling like his breath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Thirteen birds were discovered around Mill Road in Peel coated in an unknown orange substance and "smelling like fish oil", while "many more" had been spotted, Manx Wild Bird Aid said.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

It was the worst smelling place I’ve ever been in my whole life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Was that smoke she was smelling in the air, or was it her imagination?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz