stinks

Example Sentences

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Scratchy and stiff, it stinks of the stale urine used to set the dye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“If it bleeds, it leads” is no more, replaced by something that stinks in its own way.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 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

They raised the ire of Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, who said the council's "attitude stinks" in a post on X.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

The cottage stinks like a midden — baby’s mess everywhere.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz