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

There is a strong stench of rotting flesh coming from a sheep's carcass that has been left to entice red kites to feed here.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

The stench of their breath and body odor was almost enough to knock him out, even without the arrow throbbing in his arm.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan