stink

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

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

So does it stink that the semiquincentennial has been such a flop?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

A commenter branded it an example of “the Backrooms,” described as “nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Maybe some choose to marvel at this one-in-a-lifetime behemoth stuck in our midst and ignore the stink.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

“You stink, and so does Ralph D. Mouse.”

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

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

As the American painter recalled years later, Borger in the 1920s was a settlement of “rough shacks, oil rigs, pungent stinks from gas pockets, and broad-faced, big-boned Texas oil speculators.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“The running joke in the community was, ‘The first product stinks, the second one’s better, and the third one’s where they get it right.’

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Charlotte Church has revealed she has ditched deodorant and stopped shaving, saying she "generally stinks".

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

“It stinks that Heather couldn’t come,” I say as I dangle a fuzzy bunny in front of the baby.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

"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

He visited Los Angeles in 1926 and declared that “the whole place stank of orange blossoms.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

It perpetually stank of sewage, even after she stuffed her shower drain with plastic bags.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024

Each beast was larger than a house; the tips of their horns were capped with gold, and the courtyard stank with the sharp smell of their dung.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

We didn’t have whales, just freshwater fish like alewifes, which stunk up the beaches with annual die-offs that occurred in huge numbers.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

And when they shut off the water first and then the power next, it stunk and the rats came, braver than the bugs, more invasive than the men.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

“These are all the struggles I think about every stinking day,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Miles and miles of refineries and their stinking tailings ponds, adjacent to beach resorts that run on desalination plants.

From Salon ● Mar. 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

Harry did not get dosed with the stinking oil.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly