- present participle of stink.
stinking
Example Sentences
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Stafford Hopkins is good-looking, brilliant, successful and stinking rich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 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
It was horrifying for his friend to see him enveloped by stinking, rotting waste.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
"I would rather spend my days chained to a vile wolf or a stinking pig or a marsh-goblin," she told him flatly.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
