stinking
Example Sentences
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Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Just last month a massive stinking lump of wet wipes, fat and oil was removed from a west London sewer.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
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
The now-shuttered Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, where part of the finale was set, is recalled by Pruitt as a dump with stinking carpet.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024
With the rushlight he cast around, plunging his hand into the stinking mounds.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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