odor

Example Sentences

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Media reports said investigators were probing whether airport traffic controllers were distracted by a separate odor issue on a United Airlines flight -- the emergency to which the fire truck was responding.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

These systems detect and distinguish aromas, sometimes with about 1,000 times as much precision as humans can, and without the loss of sensitivity that comes when our noses get accustomed to an odor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

This Florida timeshare sounds like out-of-date cheese with a bad odor.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Back in Hawaii, the former congresswoman has been in bad odor for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

I gagged when I smelled the greenish-black crust that lined the hull, with its odor of old vegetables and the special Alabama grease Nana always smothered on my cuts.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia