stink

Example Sentences

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European Commission spokesman Olof Gill said Indonesia needed to respect the cheese names or there would be a stink.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Basketball is a sport in which a single star can reverse a franchise’s fortunes—unless, of course, that franchise is Sacramento or Washington, in which case the team is hellbound to stink forever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Taken along with the overall stink that still hangs on the Globes, which joins the general toxicity wafting in the air a mere 11 days into 2026, however, it’s all pretty deflating.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

It can’t, which is why it’s critical that Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani not stink up the joint the way Snell did.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

Teeth startles and then passes out, emitting his terrible stink.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz