stench

Example Sentences

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Residents described headaches and an unrelenting bitter taste in their mouths as the stench of smoke filled their homes.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Residents began to complain of an “unbearable” stench that they said caused headaches, nausea, and eye, ear and nose irritation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Striker John Fashanu said the Wimbledon players did not shower or brush their teeth for a week before the game in an attempt to put Liverpool off with their stench.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

If my soul had gone out of my body, I’d have left the rolling of the ship, the stench in the closed-up ’tween deck, the rats that sometimes scuttle over my face in the night.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone