musky

Example Sentences

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Byredo is known for its signature mood-setting scents that take users from dry deserts to musky fur-lined lairs.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

The goat was "nasty and mean", smelled "disgusting, musky, rancid", and would chase her young children, knocking them down.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

What outrageous crimes did the goat, whom she described as “disgusting, musky, rancid,” commit other than needing a bath?

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

The plant uses a musky odor to lure fungus gnats that usually feed and lay their eggs on mushrooms into their cup-shaped flowers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2024

It smelled of wet fur and wet feathers, and under it the musky, soft, growing smell of young animal.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell