stinking

Example Sentences

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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

Miles and miles of refineries and their stinking tailings ponds, adjacent to beach resorts that run on desalination plants.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 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

In the Clippers’ 111-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, Harden looked nothing like the player with a reputation for stinking up arenas at this stage of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

I said, “Dad, when I get out of this stinking hole, wild horses couldn’t drag me back.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam