stinks
Example Sentences
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As the American painter recalled years later, Borger in the 1920s was a settlement of “rough shacks, oil rigs, pungent stinks from gas pockets, and broad-faced, big-boned Texas oil speculators.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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
People don’t show up at the Rose Bowl for a very simple reason: The program stinks.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
The weather is drizzly and overcast, the stove stinks, and the food lies heavily on our stomachs, producing a variety of rumbles.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
