stink

Example Sentences

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Basketball is a sport in which a single star can reverse a franchise’s fortunes—unless, of course, that franchise is Sacramento or Washington, in which case the team is hellbound to stink forever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Taken along with the overall stink that still hangs on the Globes, which joins the general toxicity wafting in the air a mere 11 days into 2026, however, it’s all pretty deflating.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

The governor scoffs, “man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Their experiments showed that a short blast of ultraviolet light killed the microbes and banished the stink.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

“What if I do find something I love, and then I always just stink at it?”

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff