smell

The smell was so bad that one Christmas, she slept in her car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The coastguard said dogs could be attracted to the smell and might try to eat it - and if it was ingested it could cause a fatal reaction.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Amid repeated heat waves and the terrible smell, residents said they felt nauseous, got headaches and lost their appetite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Visiting the Pochaina flea market 10 days after the Russian attack, AFP journalists could still smell the mix of burnt metal and plastic hanging in the air.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

I wish for the wind to shift, to pull the fresh ocean air inland, instead of wafting the smell of rotting fish from the barrels down the ramp over me.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

She romantically contends that street food is an “impulse buy – you pass by it, and it smells good, so you buy it to eat quickly.”

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

I sniff the tin cup; it smells earthy, with a hint of chamomile.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"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

His face scrunched as a breeze that smelled like vomit hit us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“I really haven’t smelled it in its prime,” McGraw said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Opal wrinkled her nose as if I smelled rancid.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

"We spent around an hour getting all the glass out and the porch smelt a bit, but you can imagine."

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Constantin's restaurant smelt of herbs and spices and sour cream.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

This version leans hard into fresh corn, still in its cool green husks and already smelling sweet before you cut it from the cob.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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

Burbank, the San Gabriel Valley and many other parts of the city and county reported seeing and smelling the fumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

I arrived at the café, the only café in Souilly, still smelling of smoke from the fire in the dispatch room.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse