stinking

Example Sentences

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Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"We had a brand-new baby with bad lungs, and we wake up to a generator running above our heads and the absolutely stinking of petrol," says Laura.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

A poisonous river of a stinking yellow liquid rushed downhill, inundating homes and fields, including the one where she grew corn to feed her eight children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The first obstacle was that I didn't know she would be so stinking cute, with a perfect little smile that made me want to spoil her rotten.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

A pot of some stinking brew was boiling over a fire.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff