stink

Example Sentences

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European Commission spokesman Olof Gill said Indonesia needed to respect the cheese names or there would be a stink.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Instead, he got his stink all over the place, and now no one wants to be associated with it.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

“We made a comment at one point and people were like, ‘Does he stink?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Shouldn’t the Football Gods have forced this team to stink at least a little longer?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

There was a stink, kind of like burnt toast, though nowhere near sweaty-armpit territory.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas