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Example Sentences

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It’s not dense, it doesn’t blabber on and it certainly doesn’t reek of masculine self-obsession.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Disproportionate death sentences may be convincing to those who make clemency decisions, and they reek of unfairness.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

So the two embarked on a survey in the university hostels asking a truly human question: if our sneakers reek, doesn't that ruin the entire experience of using a shoe rack?

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

There are also a lot of fires in her fiction, and scenes that reek of tombs.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Comforting sounds of work and activity, the air tanged with the coal reek of smelters and the salt fresh breeze coming off the water.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi