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The smell of burnt wood combining with grapes for smoky wine would not necessarily make it unfit for consumption, but it would likely compromise sales, he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Ian Putland said even with the windows closed he could smell the fire.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Condensation had gathered beneath the lid, suggesting freshness, or at least recent contact with the natural world, but when I peeled it back there was a suspicious lack of smell.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

The maturity of the crowd permeates everything onboard, down to the smell, said another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The sound of a cloth being ripped, cool water on my head, the smell of comfrey.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Septimus Piesse, a 19th-century chemist, translated sounds into smells, proclaiming an “octave of odors,” the authors explain, “with correspondences between notes and scents providing the basis for harmonious olfactory combinations.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Beyond the smells, residents have dealt with an increasing number of pests, including rodents and large swarms of flies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

When the department polled residents about the smells generated by the fire-devastated facility, a majority reported “frequent, strong and persistent odors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“There’s something out there that thinks a corpse flower smells like heaven,” said Marc Hachadourian, director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, which hosted a corpse flower bloom last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Inside, it’s softly lit and smells like a combination of the lavender essential oil mixture we use on the bedding and something pungent and medicinal.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

“It smelled like a zoo here for three days,” Peter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"It smelled like plastic burning. It stung my nose," Chanate recounts.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

“I really haven’t smelled it in its prime,” McGraw said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

His face scrunched as a breeze that smelled like vomit hit us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

I was still a little suspicious sitting here in the midst of all these trolls who kept saying that I smelled.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Look no further than GameStop’s $56 billion bid for eBay, which is the equivalent of a smelt swallowing a whale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

"The water smelt foul, but we never thought it could kill someone," said Arun Prajapat, who alleges that his mother Seema died after consuming the contaminated water.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

In my family, everyone new to the table — new partners, neighbors, friends — must try a smelt.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

Populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, Delta smelt and other species have been declining in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

It smelt of reindeer and red deer and beaver, and fresh blood -and something else: a new smell that he hadn’t yet learnt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Especially during high-traffic times, after waiting in line, you’d pick up a phone still warm from the grip of the inmate who’d just been using it, the receiver still smelling like his breath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Emergency workers stood on the charred roof, still smelling of burning, sawing off damaged sections and tossing the debris into a pile.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

At her home in Stanton on Thursday, Leticia Rinker, 71, kept thinking she was smelling gas.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

The show, smelling of flowers and money, also tried to show it has a sense of humour.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

“They are lovely. But Beth’s roses are sweeter to me,” said Mrs. March, smelling the half-dead posy in her belt.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott