stink
Example Sentences
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Maybe one person’s stink is another’s perfume; maybe we’ve gone nose-blind to all fetidness.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
European Commission spokesman Olof Gill said Indonesia needed to respect the cheese names or there would be a stink.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Instead, he got his stink all over the place, and now no one wants to be associated with it.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
A row over cat poo has gone to the high court after a homeowner kicked up a stink about a neighbour's pets allegedly doing their business in his garden.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
I like fish, even though it makes my breath stink.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Vocabulary lists containing stink
The Nose Knows: Olfactory Vocabulary
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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