smelt
Example Sentences
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They didn’t make a sound, and they smelt strange: like prey.
From Literature
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to place about 9% of global supply at risk and is affecting plans to expand smelting capacity, ANZ Research analysts say in a note.
The new metallurgy breakthrough avoids the massive energy and chemicals consumed by traditional smelting and refining methods.
It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".
From BBC
As they probed the earth, they smelt the dirt, looking for the distinctive odour of human remains.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
