stench

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Residents began to complain of an “unbearable” stench that they said caused headaches, nausea, and eye, ear and nose irritation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 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

Ben described opening the door to a stench so bad that one of the men helping him was sick inside his mask.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

A sickening stench huffed at him from the earth’s open jaws.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis