Example Sentences

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And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The shelter in the town hall car park has excrement smeared on the floor and reeks of urine.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

While the bots are getting slightly better at mimicking human cadences, AI-generated writing still reeks of the sterile laboratory where it originates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

By leaving the couple of hours between posts “to me, reeks of some sort of impropriety,” Adami said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

The kitchen still reeks of onions from last night’s latke extravaganza, but I’m too happy to care.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan