smell
Example Sentences
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Reul said they saw "no smoke, no smell of fire, or damage", so they "concluded it was a false alarm", which he said was not unusual.
From BBC
At a time when the UK economy has been spluttering along for some years, this place smells of growth, and it looks like growth too.
From BBC
Getting there when all you can smell are roses is quite another.
From BBC
"I'm going to be that bad smell for four years," he said.
From Barron's
For the whole walk home, my clothes smelled of Breizh’s signature buckwheat and brown butter.
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