unfragrant

Example Sentences

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A cup of unfragrant tea, sweetened with condensed milk, and a biscuit which was strongly scented with a peculiarly acrid smell, were gratefully accepted by the wellnigh exhausted sub.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

It has been found that the island of Bermuda is a great reservoir of these bulbs, which are sent up, like their unfragrant rivals the onions, by the barrelful.

From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.

An unfragrant odour was no objection; the fish was boiled and eaten, and the water drunk as soup. 

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David

If the aroma of character is not strong enough to overpower with its sweetness all unfragrant exhalations of opinion, it is a matter of but small account.

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail

This was such an unfragrant and expensive period that I pass over it as briefly as possible.

From Adopting an Abandoned Farm by Sanborn, Kate