smelled
Example Sentences
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The place supposedly smelled of cheddar for weeks afterward.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The haze can be smelled even indoors in the city of about 700,000 people.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“I saw thick smoke and smelled a strong odor of gunpowder,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"The lab smelled like a fish market," she says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The weather that day was perfect—a westerly breeze that smelled of the sea—and she was sky spinning, twisting in the cold air.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
