smell

I mean, you can make the argument that smell is actually more important for your survival, but we’re not talking about survival here.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

What has changed is what we ask of smell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Mr. Berge’s suggestion that our sense of smell is “fading” is slightly puzzling, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Every sight, smell and sound — even felt texture — may shape the conversation, shift mood, or spark an insight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

His scent would wash away, and neither the stranger wolves nor the demon would smell him.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

His book moves from odor to odor, asking what certain smells evoke and what their disappearance might mean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"We have just been walking around, looking at the people and the atmosphere, and you can feel that the air is completely different. Everything smells of freedom."

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

She, too, was worried about traffic, smells and possible contamination of nearby waterways.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and told us about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The smells of breakfast wafted up the steps and into the open door of his bedroom.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

It was a cool, rainy morning and the trail, mostly deserted, smelled fresh and funky, like wet moss, gloopy mud and damp leaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Ortiz added that the passengers of the Iryo told him their train was stationary when the collision happened, describing a "horrific, horrible" scene that "smelled of an accident, of metal".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It was fall, and the entryway smelled aggressively of cinnamon brooms.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

“It smelled like a zoo here for three days,” Peter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

After school, the sky was low and heavy, and the air smelled sharp with coming snow.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

With the Springboks dominating in the basics, the crowd in Cape Town smelt blood as the lead stretched to 17-7.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Meanwhile a fire in Blaenavon, Torfaen, could be smelt as far away as Cardiff.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Various types of native fish have suffered declines, including steelhead trout, white sturgeon and longfin smelt.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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

The kitchen sink was full nearly to the brim with filthy greenish water which smelt worse than ever of cabbage.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Instead of smelling the river, we consult an environmental report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

A citizens' group said on social media that one resident in the street where the explosion happened had alerted authorities after smelling a possible gas leak.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Cats displayed this response more often when smelling unfamiliar urine than when smelling their own.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Casting his mind back, Uttam remembered that he decided to go outside, after smelling smoke, to check what was happening.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Every bell pull that could be found was rung and rung and rung yet again, to wake the sleeping servants, call for smelling salts, find someone to run for a doctor, and so on.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood