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 Noah Webster
The fruit, especially when not fresh from the tree, has, notwithstanding, a most offensive smell, which has been compared to that of rotten onions or of putrid animal matter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Stink, stingk, v.i. to give out a strong, offensive smell: to have a bad reputation:—pa.t. stank; pa.p. stunk.—n. a disagreeable smell.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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
