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

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

Chu’s sequel is rotten with the stench of voracious greed, as much of a pre-packaged, ready-to-sell commodity as the “Angry Birds” or “Super Mario Bros.” movies.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

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

The shape of one particular bald head looked like Smithy’s, and the singular stench of Rasseem’s teeth, which outwrestled all other scents in the fragrant bazaar, meant that he was nearby as well.

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