smelled

Example Sentences

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The results showed that people who tended to overeat because food looked or smelled appealing were more likely to see long term benefits from the drugs.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

And this new air, “I think there was a smell to it … it just smelled dead.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For a long time, I had this quiet belief that I didn’t need—or maybe didn’t deserve—to spend a little extra on cleaning products that smelled good.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Hemsworth once told GQ that he borrowed the cream from his wife and that it smelled so good he “wanted to eat it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The kitchen smelled like bacon and sweet butter and the car grease that was always stuck under Mr. Garner’s fingernails.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova