stinking

Example Sentences

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To others, it put a stop to nights of stinging eyes and stinking clothes - and, most importantly, it saved lives.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 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

I share Vejar’s loathing for the relentless “tree of heaven,” the deciduous plant that is sometimes called a stinking sumac.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

"I would rather spend my days chained to a vile wolf or a stinking pig or a marsh-goblin," she told him flatly.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman