smelled

Example Sentences

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The results showed that people who tended to overeat because food looked or smelled appealing were more likely to see long term benefits from the drugs.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

“The thing about smog is that it smelled like a color to me because I live in color, and the way I described it was yellowish, greenish — murky.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For a long time, I had this quiet belief that I didn’t need—or maybe didn’t deserve—to spend a little extra on cleaning products that smelled good.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

A year went by and no matter what the scientists did to re-create Huber’s steps, they couldn’t make anything that worked or smelled like his formula.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

It smelled of peppermint and medicine, like aftershave or Christmas.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse