soily

Example Sentences

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The soily, root-cellar smell of the wet forest made me hungry.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022

It was dark, and he could smell it, too, even from here, a cold, soily smell.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

He remembered the close, damp, soily smell of inside the wood, the way things had moved and rustled.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

Methinks, Miss, said Sally, you are a little soily, to what we have seen you.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel

Bellmark put the soily tin down on Elsie’s best table-cover without eliciting a word of reproach, grasped it firmly with his left hand, and worked the opener round the top.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest