smells

Example Sentences

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The second was external eating, where people eat because food looks or smells appealing rather than because they are hungry.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Roast until the edges start to crisp and everything smells like you knew what you were doing.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

“It smells like, you know, sewer,” said Delrose, looking out at the murky ocean as his phone sounded with the ringtone of “That’s Life.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Anastasia Troyanova, a local correspondent for environmental news outlet Kedr, described "a huge cloud of black smoke over the town; it smells of burning".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Using the cleanser that smells like lemons for the counter, and the one that smells like bleach for the sink.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko