stench

Example Sentences

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Working with his regular cinematographer Oleg Mutu, Loznitsa gives this prison — and authoritarianism itself — a sickly luster without ever denying its wretched stench.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

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

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

The air was thick with the stench of a decomposing dog, left out to rot with no residents around to remove it.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

If I hadn't been immortal, the stench would have killed me then and there.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda