stench

Example Sentences

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Working with his regular cinematographer Oleg Mutu, Loznitsa gives this prison — and authoritarianism itself — a sickly luster without ever denying its wretched stench.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Residents described headaches and an unrelenting bitter taste in their mouths as the stench of smoke filled their homes.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

"In the summer in particular, this was an absolute nightmare - the heat causing quite a foul stench."

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

There were at least thirty men in the shadows, crowded together, and a fierce stench was wafting out at us.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French