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

They saw "smelly shoes as an opportunity for re-designing the traditional shoe rack for a better user experience".

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

She covered her ears when the little creatures streamed out of their smelly pens, but she was charmed by the confident way they nibbled lucerne from her hands.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer