big stink
Example Sentences
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Year after year, at my physical, I make a big stink about the chart remaining consistent.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2025
“We were just having a conversion because obviously there was a big stink that was made out of it last year, right?”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2022
On my way to check out the big stink in Carson, I felt like I was driving into a storm of environmental hazards.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021
He said a few fans “make a big stink out there — a few knuckleheads who wreck it.”
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2021
She called up Jane's mother and made a big stink about it.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
