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

I’ve never touched a gun nor smote anything larger than a stink bug.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

“We could smell for ourselves the fish die-offs, the weeks-long stink of toxic algal blooms,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

The stink got stronger as he followed the tunnel, hearing nothing but his own breathing, seeing nothing but glimpses of glistening red stone.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver