stinking

Example Sentences

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“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

Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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