stink

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

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Best and Last’s” flashbacks are a walloping reminder that Knoxville is inimitable: a telegenic and extroverted entertainer with a charisma he wields like a skunk aims its stink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Maybe one person’s stink is another’s perfume; maybe we’ve gone nose-blind to all fetidness.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

They don’t have any natural predators and have a big web that is able to capture a diverse range of prey, including beetles, wasps and stink bugs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

“You can skip a shower for one day. It’s not going to kill you if you stink a little.”

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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

“If it bleeds, it leads” is no more, replaced by something that stinks in its own way.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

“The running joke in the community was, ‘The first product stinks, the second one’s better, and the third one’s where they get it right.’

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Con: Dad stinks almost all the time, because of work.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

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

Caroline and her husband, who would become King George IV, immediately despised each other, reportedly for good reason — he drank, she stank.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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

He’s probably in there talking to some kid about respect and kindness, just like he told me when I got in trouble for telling Mrs. Fisher that her breath stank.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

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

The spectator had spent most of the afternoon reminding Ohtani of how much he’d stunk in the three-game series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

“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

“Heard that old wreck of yours finally went under. Good riddance! Ugly thing stunk up the whole creek. That wasn’t a boat—it was an outhouse!”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Stafford Hopkins is good-looking, brilliant, successful and stinking rich.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

"We had a brand-new baby with bad lungs, and we wake up to a generator running above our heads and the absolutely stinking of petrol," says Laura.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

I wonder if James can really be this forgiving, or if he is simply so happy to be off that stinking ship that he has forgotten the past.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone