putrid
Example Sentences
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Describing the smell as "putrid", Braeden Lampard told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation his team were transferring rescued fish to a holding tank supplied with oxygen.
From BBC
Piles of putrid garbage have mounted on Paris’s streets.
From Washington Post
They know they can steady themselves even after a putrid start, and instead of being run out of the tournament almost before it started, they led 32-30 at the half.
From Washington Post
Asim juxtaposes violent savagery with familiar nuisances — pestering insects, smothering heat, the putrid smell of death — emphasizing how the Stolen cope.
From Washington Post
They also have the bitter memory of a putrid performance against New England in the 2019 Super Bowl.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.