Examples of stench in a Sentence
the stench of rotting meat
we finally discovered the dead rat that was causing the stench in the basement
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Just be forewarned: Although visitors never have to come face to face with raw sewage, there’s no escaping the stench of the Sewer Museum.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
The tugboat then sailed by Fort Carroll — an artificial island designed in the 19th century by Robert E. Lee of the Army Corps of Engineers, now abandoned and radiating a stench of bird guano — and then a day-cruise ship.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
Biden and his team recognized the error instantly and wrongly bet that his intentions mattered more than the offense, that his reputation would overpower any stench of sloppiness.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 June 2024
Municipal workers in Mexico needed to spread quicklime over the dead fish that once swam in the Bustillos Lagoon to reduce the stench.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
The tugboat then sailed by Fort Carroll — an artificial island designed in the 19th century by Robert E. Lee of the Army Corps of Engineers, now abandoned and radiating a stench of bird guano — and then a day-cruise ship.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
Biden and his team recognized the error instantly and wrongly bet that his intentions mattered more than the offense, that his reputation would overpower any stench of sloppiness.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 June 2024
Municipal workers in Mexico needed to spread quicklime over the dead fish that once swam in the Bustillos Lagoon to reduce the stench.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stench. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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stench
noun
: a very disagreeable smell : stink sense 1
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