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Example Sentences

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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

Our identification with the reek — which looks vaguely like a tri-horned rhino with a ruddy-colored face — specifically grows as the scene progresses.

From Salon • May 4, 2024

The scent of the city is the scent of her memories — or the reek, depending.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2023

The ammonia reek of human urine rises from a nearby oleander hedge.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer