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

Instead, he got his stink all over the place, and now no one wants to be associated with it.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

The governor scoffs, “man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

"It was a rainy day. It wasn't very hot out," he said, explaining that the fortuitous weather helped to "keep the stink down".

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

The stink almost drives him out of the room.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day