smelled

Example Sentences

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If you've smelled smoke today, you're not imagining things.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Buying perfume online can be a gamble: Unless shoppers have smelled the fragrance in real life, they have to buy it without testing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

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

The basic stuff worked just fine, even if it smelled faintly like a school cafeteria.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

He was terrifyingly ugly and smelled even worse.

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