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 Lassiter’s room getting to you?”

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence