stench

Example Sentences

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In the open sewer outside, plastic bags and bottles drift through charcoal-grey sludge, its stench thick in the air.

From BBC

With only cardboard to lay on, and a few trees under which to seek shade from the scorching sun, the stench of rotting food from the dump surrounds them.

From BBC

Those steps, he says, are key to washing away drug addicts’ feces and urine and to removing the stench — until the next morning.

From Seattle Times

“The stench in this building is overwhelming,” the Republican from Winter Harbor said.

From Washington Times

The big red bugs leave behind a stench so horrible, akin to burning flesh, that it forces residents to plug their noses while driving.

From Seattle Times