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

So does it stink that the semiquincentennial has been such a flop?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I asked them if there’s a ratio of assets to spending that maximizes the odds of a secure retirement—even if stock returns stink or you turn out to be Methuselah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

And if the librarian has given me the stink eye, I haven’t noticed.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Here in La Guaira, which in happier times is a beach resort for people making a day trip from Caracas, the air now stinks of death.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Scratchy and stiff, it stinks of the stale urine used to set the dye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

But he said his finish "stinks" after posting a double-bogey for second day running.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Derek didn’t want coconut oil on his face because it stinks and he didn’t care if his face does look ashy.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

It perpetually stank of sewage, even after she stuffed her shower drain with plastic bags.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024

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

From New York Times ● May 25, 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 steps away from me, and his face is a little more relaxed now, but I can still smell his stank attitude.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

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

Had the Lakers stunk all season on that side of the ball, had they been a stagnant mess from Day 1, maybe the answers would be clearer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024

“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

In some ways it was pretty cool, but in others it really stunk.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Bezos’ participation provided a flashpoint, the rotten cherry on top of the whole stinking “let them eat cake.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

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

To his relief, it contained no dead cub: The cub was sitting by its mother, prodding her stinking carcass with one paw.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver