stench
Example Sentences
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Neighbors complained for years about the stench and constant barking.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Chu’s sequel is rotten with the stench of voracious greed, as much of a pre-packaged, ready-to-sell commodity as the “Angry Birds” or “Super Mario Bros.” movies.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 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
On summer nights the sound of laughter from pubs and bars wafts through his neighbourhood - but so does the stench of rubbish.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
He rushed to the washroom on the seventh floor, sadly in a removed area of the building without a local fire escape, sealing his fate in a stall idled with his own anxious stench.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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