stinking

Example Sentences

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“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

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

“Rancid milk is stinking up the insides. That’s what happens when milk and sugar are left to pool for three days. My own classes haven’t even had a chance to use it.”

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan