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

A row over cat poo has gone to the high court after a homeowner kicked up a stink about a neighbour's pets allegedly doing their business in his garden.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

I groped back to the cot and huddled there in the dark, setting my teeth against the stink of the bedding, wrapping my coat tighter about me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom