noisome

Example Sentences

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From a commercial standpoint, the companies have been reluctant to get in the way of the torrent, unless it’s so noisome that it crosses an inescapable line.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022

“Musicians, if they choose to, can drive a tonal wedge through the noisome pestilence; the stench that often accompanies our contemporary societal lifestyles,” he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2017

The problems of chamber pots — also known as “jerries, night soil, commodes, slop jars, close stools and thunder mugs” — also contributed to this noisome mix.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2016

Media scholar Tim Wu plunges into the noisome history of “attention harvesting” — the commodification of human attention by industry and government.

From Nature • Oct. 11, 2016

The noisome fumes of the stink bomb forced officials to evacuate the school. nonplussed.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner