smelled
Example Sentences
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The results showed that people who tended to overeat because food looked or smelled appealing were more likely to see long term benefits from the drugs.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
The British-born Elsie thought she was married to a harmless teacher until she smelled something awful coming from the crawl space beneath their house.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
And this new air, “I think there was a smell to it … it just smelled dead.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The basic stuff worked just fine, even if it smelled faintly like a school cafeteria.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
The scent he had smelled first at the lochan, the scent of something wild and pure growing, living and bursting forth, came in a great rush from the mouth of the maze.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
