smell
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Since the garden exhibited its first corpse flower in 1999, thousands of people flock to its conservatory every summer, just to smell these putrid plants.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
"Then there was that smell of smoke in the air," he told the BBC.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
KYIV, Ukraine—The scent from flower stalls mixes with the charred smell of a bombed-out mall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
She now finds the smell of food cooking unbearable, and struggles to eat a normal diet.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
The smell excited the dogs and they began to run faster, although continuing down the trail; I turned to look back from the sled and saw why the doe was frightened.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing smell
Smell Words
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 4
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