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

On summer nights the sound of laughter from pubs and bars wafts through his neighbourhood - but so does the stench of rubbish.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

The others made space for the stench of his festering teeth.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri