strong-smelling
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Its website lists symptoms as feeling thirsty, having dark yellow, strong-smelling urine; urinating less often than usual; feeling dizzy or lightheaded; feeling tired; a dry mouth, lips and tongue.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
When the plant cells are damaged, most notably by extended cooking, the chemicals interact and start “a chain of reactions that generates bitter, pungent, and strong-smelling compounds.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
Magical handbooks from the time show that Greco-Egyptian magicians used fragrance extensively in their rituals, even scented inks, and doctors believed strong-smelling plant species to be more medically effective than others.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2021
Like other boys growing up in the 1960s, he collected and killed butterflies, stowing them in drawers treated with an insecticide, paradichlorobenzene, the strong-smelling substance used in old mothballs, which also repels mites and beetles.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020
It was filled to the brim with a strong-smelling liquid.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
