aroma

Example Sentences

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"When the shop worker took the bag inside, they noticed that this particular donation had a distinctive pungent aroma," a police spokesperson told the New Zealand Herald.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“You can’t get that aroma out of your face and your brain,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

We paused to smell the zesty aroma of California sagebrush, which grows all along the Canyon Trail.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

There’s the bubbling hum of rice boiling on the stove, the intoxicating aroma of warm milk infused with jaggery and fresh pods of cardamom filling the house with a scent no candle could compete with.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

She stopped only once to get up and add the ham hocks to the collard greens, and then their aroma took over the house.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals