reeky

Example Sentences

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He packed his trappings Academical, And sailed to join the Congress Chemical, Which met that year in London reeky, To study “la chimie appliquée.”

From Wayside Weeds by Ellis, William Hodgson

Stratford Marlowe and I worked throughout the night, troubled by reeky candles, rain and chill.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

For such things be, Yea, and the lowest reach of reeky Hell Is but made possible By forta'en breath of Heaven's austerest clime.

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

He turned, surprised, unconsciously placing himself between her and the reeky water.

From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie

This sail and the reeky smokestack beyond, and the great near billows that emerged from time to time out of the gray obscurity—these seemed to save the universe from chaos.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward