- past tense form of stink.
stank
Example Sentences
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He found a place in Astana in an apartment that stank of cat.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Black singers get it: You’re practicing the art of stank.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
Caroline and her husband, who would become King George IV, immediately despised each other, reportedly for good reason — he drank, she stank.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
According to one account, the sulfurous stank emanating from the White House lawn polluted the air for about three-square miles.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023
He stank of horses and left muddy boot prints on the floors that poor Svetlana had so recently scrubbed.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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