offensive smell

Example Sentences

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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

It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

These creatures sent forth a very rancid and offensive smell.

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

I had not lain long before I was driven, by an exceedingly offensive smell, to search for a cleaner neighborhood; but I found all the cots, fore and aft, were either occupied or engaged.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various

The night was clear and cold, the stars gleaming in distant purity, but all around, the offensive smell of the disheveled city played on my disgusted nostrils.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward