smelling

Example Sentences

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At her home in Stanton on Thursday, Leticia Rinker, 71, kept thinking she was smelling gas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

It's the stuff of smelling salts and stretchers.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

In earlier work, Choe's lab studied pinene, a pleasant smelling chemical released by forest trees.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

At this point, the kitchen should be smelling fresher, the counters a little clearer, the dishes at least more manageable.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

The dining halls had closed at noon that day; it was snowing hard and getting dark and we didn’t have a car; the refrigerator, freshly cleaned and smelling of Lysol, was empty.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt