offensive smell
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“Along with an offensive smell, that laceration may be accompanied by bleeding from the mouth, signs of pain, excessive drooling or pawing at the side of the face,” Dr. de Jong says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2018
The leaves are grey, with a strong offensive smell resembling true sage.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
It has as high a reputation in Europe, for its offensive smell, as the skunk has here.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
The sponge has a peculiarly strong and offensive smell.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
By continuing upon the surface of the water, it became white, and its offensive smell went off in a few days.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley
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