foul-smelling
Example Sentences
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In oxygen-poor settings such as marine sediments, wetlands, and underground aquifers, certain microbes produce hydrogen sulfide, a foul-smelling and highly toxic gas.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2025
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
Q: All my adult life, I had problems with foul-smelling gas.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 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
Citra left without another word, and without turning back...but for the rest of the day she couldn’t get the stench of that foul-smelling water out of her nostrils.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
