odorous

Example Sentences

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One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

These hazardous spills have formed bubbling ponds and “ultimately rivers of odorous waste,” according to officials with the SCAQMD.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

The incandescent bulb’s bright light replaced the dim and often odorous illumination of oil and gas lamps that brought the risk of fire and, in the case of gas, of suffocation and explosions.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

This oil contains odorous compounds— in the case of the dark-eyed junco, it smells like leaf litter and soil.

From Scientific American • Mar. 24, 2022

The air temperature in the building had soared beyond ninety degrees, and the place had turned steamy, odorous, alive with monkey calls.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston