stink

Innuendo leaves a lingering stink that’s harder to dispel.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Get ready to catch a whiff of stink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

A new breeze baptized us in another vile stink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

I asked them if there’s a ratio of assets to spending that maximizes the odds of a secure retirement—even if stock returns stink or you turn out to be Methuselah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The air in the cabin was thick with the stink of disease, but the hearth was warm.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

USC beats four early-season patsies to boost their stats and gain a No. 12 ranking, all the while their defense stinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The reason is clear the second you walk into the neighbourhood: it stinks.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Imagine this conversation with your spouse or roommate: “Dude, what is that smell? It stinks like burning diapers. Did you forget to pay the air?”

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Here in La Guaira, which in happier times is a beach resort for people making a day trip from Caracas, the air now stinks of death.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

The factionless lead us down the street and left into a grimy alleyway that stinks of garbage.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

"Everything was foggy, you couldn't open the window and it stank," she said, showing a picture on her phone of an orange glow partially obscured by thick smoke clouds that had turned the air black.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

"The sewage was overflowing and flowing directly into the river, and going into the children's playground. It stank in summertime," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025

And if the pitch stank, Borzello wouldn’t be afraid to say so.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2024

He found a place in Astana in an apartment that stank of cat.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

Harry had acquired sixteen cats, but he didn’t take care of them; the most frequent comment that reporters and tourists had upon leaving the lodge was that it stank of cat urine.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

For the past five years, returns have stunk, especially following a 28% tumble for the ETF since the end of October.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

“It was disgusting,” she said, explaining that the walls were damp and mouldy, while the flat was dirty and stunk of cigarette smoke.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024

At the time, Garvey was trying to organize charity sports events, which he stunk at, to put it politely.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

He could have easily said they stunk, because they did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

“The body odor of other prisoners also was horrible. Everything in this camp stunk and was filthy.”

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

Bezos’ participation provided a flashpoint, the rotten cherry on top of the whole stinking “let them eat cake.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

Stafford Hopkins is good-looking, brilliant, successful and stinking rich.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

A poisonous river of a stinking yellow liquid rushed downhill, inundating homes and fields, including the one where she grew corn to feed her eight children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

It was horrifying for his friend to see him enveloped by stinking, rotting waste.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025

In its warm light, Alice set about undoing Lyra’s sopping clothes and handing the stinking bundle to Malcolm.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman