stench

Example Sentences

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“The smell is particularly wretched today,” declared a pretty, blond lady, pressing a lace hankie to her nose to keep the stench away.

From Literature

In the open sewer outside, plastic bags and bottles drift through charcoal-grey sludge, its stench thick in the air.

From BBC

The air was thick with the stench of a decomposing dog, left out to rot with no residents around to remove it.

From Barron's

I’m quickly blessed with the stench of what smells like rotting meat.

From Literature

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

From BBC