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smell
noun as in odor
verb as in perceive with the nose
verb as in have an odor
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Meanwhile, the smell of roasting meat was undeniable.
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“Trick or treat, smell my feet, walk with Christ down the Halloween street,” he chants.
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But, having paid a fee and booked a meeting with them, her family smelled a rat.
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The author burrowed into lexicographical lore, adjusting to the “musky” smell of old paper, but was alive to the need to register the zeitgeist.
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The air smelled faintly like burnt cornmeal and panic.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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