- present participle of stink.
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
"Harry Milne, for me, he tried everything he possible could to affect the game, to drive Hearts forward. Other than him, pretty much all of them were stinking."
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
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
The cubs slid through the stinking straw till they fell against the cold trees on the other side.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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