stinking

Example Sentences

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Stinking of the filth he’d rolled in, he concluded that he was probably on the wrong path.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

Stinking of rotten chum and skating-rink slippery from the prior catch, the deck of the 60-foot-long wooden vessel was a mess.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2020

After the troupe left the farm workers’ group in 1967, Mr. Valdez continued to write plays that examined the Chicano experience, including “Bandito!” and “I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinking Badges!”

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2017

But, some distance from the Stinking 70s, its weaknesses are more apparent.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2016

Stinking and scorched, at least a foot of the back beyond repair.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins