stink

Innuendo leaves a lingering stink that’s harder to dispel.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Get ready to catch a whiff of stink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

The plant started to open late Tuesday, and then it was game on for Wednesday, with Morticia at the peak of its stink power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

A new breeze baptized us in another vile stink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

There was a stink, kind of like burnt toast, though nowhere near sweaty-armpit territory.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The reason is clear the second you walk into the neighbourhood: it stinks.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

“Something where everybody stinks is the ideal sort of outing,” Norton says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Imagine this conversation with your spouse or roommate: “Dude, what is that smell? It stinks like burning diapers. Did you forget to pay the air?”

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

He thinks each individual plant stinks more than previous blooms, but on top of that, he said: “The fact that we have two in bloom makes it stinkier.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

This one, sir, as I say, stinks of both.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

He found a place in Astana in an apartment that stank of cat.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

Black singers get it: You’re practicing the art of stank.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

Also Mencken: “The whole place stank of orange blossoms.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

According to one account, the sulfurous stank emanating from the White House lawn polluted the air for about three-square miles.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023

The air got thicker and stank of sewage.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

We didn’t have whales, just freshwater fish like alewifes, which stunk up the beaches with annual die-offs that occurred in huge numbers.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

For the past five years, returns have stunk, especially following a 28% tumble for the ETF since the end of October.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

“It was disgusting,” she said, explaining that the walls were damp and mouldy, while the flat was dirty and stunk of cigarette smoke.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024

At the time, Garvey was trying to organize charity sports events, which he stunk at, to put it politely.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

The stench of exertion, failed bladders, and most of all, fear, stunk worse than any livestock.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

“These are all the struggles I think about every stinking day,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

To others, it put a stop to nights of stinging eyes and stinking clothes - and, most importantly, it saved lives.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Miles and miles of refineries and their stinking tailings ponds, adjacent to beach resorts that run on desalination plants.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

A poisonous river of a stinking yellow liquid rushed downhill, inundating homes and fields, including the one where she grew corn to feed her eight children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

“We’ll go on tomorrow. Otherwise we might find a stinking camel turning up here next, or another half-starved boy.”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke