smell
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Inside, time seemed to move differently: tennis whites drying beneath the afternoon sun, bridge rooms carrying the faint smell of cigarettes and talcum powder, elderly members reading newspapers beneath slow ceiling fans.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
You know the weather: warm wind, faint smell of rain, the vague sense that a storm could roll in at any minute.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
“These systems will even smell you,” he predicts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The smell is "like excrement," said 68-year-old Patricio Velasquez, who shuts himself inside every summer due to the odor emanating from the dump.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
The meaty smell of whatever was cooking made Torak’s mouth water.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing smell
Smell Words
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 4
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