stinks

Example Sentences

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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

“The running joke in the community was, ‘The first product stinks, the second one’s better, and the third one’s where they get it right.’

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"The tap water in our house is still contaminated and it stinks," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

It was no cleaner here, and in fact file air was even harder to breathe than in the cell, because all the natural stinks had been overlaid by a heavy layer of cloying perfume.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman