strong-smelling
Example Sentences
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Its website lists symptoms as feeling thirsty, having dark yellow, strong-smelling urine; urinating less often than usual; feeling dizzy or lightheaded; feeling tired; a dry mouth, lips and tongue.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
When polar bears enter these dumps in search of food, they are attracted to strong-smelling substances, some of which are not even edible.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022
When the plant cells are damaged, most notably by extended cooking, the chemicals interact and start “a chain of reactions that generates bitter, pungent, and strong-smelling compounds.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
Like other boys growing up in the 1960s, he collected and killed butterflies, stowing them in drawers treated with an insecticide, paradichlorobenzene, the strong-smelling substance used in old mothballs, which also repels mites and beetles.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020
Thankfully, it was as soothing as it was strong-smelling.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
