smelly

Example Sentences

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Trees have less dramatic ways to screw up your day: Their roots can infiltrate cracks in septic or sewage pipes, blocking the system and wreaking expensive, smelly havoc.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Gas generators, the traditional option, are noisy, high maintenance and smelly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

The ones I could actually get were dark, smelly or unsafe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

In other words, today's smelly sneakers could be tomorrow's groundbreaking science.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

To neutralize the poisons, military hospitals sprayed the chemicals in the air and on smelly body waste.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow