foul-smelling
Example Sentences
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The extreme heat roasted decades-old garbage and damaged the landfill’s gas control systems, causing foul-smelling gases to drift into the nearby Val Verde and Castaic.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
On presentation to the emergency department, according to the time line in the article, she exhibited low blood pressure, a tender abdomen, and foul-smelling discharge during a pelvic exam—all evidence of abdominal infection.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024
Historically, solvent-based paints were easy to apply and durable, though they released foul-smelling VOCs into the air both during and after application, stinking up a newly painted room.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024
In Jerusalem, police used skunk water - a foul-smelling substance fired from water cannon - to clear protesters who had blocked the Begin Boulevard, the city's major north-south highway.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024
Worse even than the petrified pellets was the foul-smelling canned sludge they seemed to think was a treat for me.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
