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  • past tense form of smell.
  • past participle of smell.

smelled





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It was fall, and the entryway smelled aggressively of cinnamon brooms.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

The haze can be smelled even indoors in the city of about 700,000 people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

"The lab smelled like a fish market," she says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

For spouses Jennifer Kraus and Abigail Cruz, the plants smelled like rotten garbage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Mom said, “Bat, do you remember when we smelled that skunk on the way to school this morning?”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold



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