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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Clacton-on-Sea, England CNN — At the end of Clacton Pier, where the salty North Sea breeze tangles with the sickly stench of the nearby amusement hall, a row of amateur fishermen gaze way off past the horizon, towards Europe.
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Rob Picheta, CNN, 16 June 2024
While this latest beef originally seemed like an ultimately invigorating experience for Drake in a snoozy part of his career, Lamar’s accusations of pedophilia and other predatory behavior will presumably leave a strong stench on Drake’s public image.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 May 2024
But that does not completely mask the stench of another epic collapse for Jacque Vaughn’s team.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
And to make matters worse, crime rates have risen, demonstrations by taxi drivers have turned violent, and a bungled garbage collection policy has blanketed Luanda with waste and a pestilential stench.
—Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2015
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Rob Picheta, CNN, 16 June 2024
While this latest beef originally seemed like an ultimately invigorating experience for Drake in a snoozy part of his career, Lamar’s accusations of pedophilia and other predatory behavior will presumably leave a strong stench on Drake’s public image.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 May 2024
But that does not completely mask the stench of another epic collapse for Jacque Vaughn’s team.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
And to make matters worse, crime rates have risen, demonstrations by taxi drivers have turned violent, and a bungled garbage collection policy has blanketed Luanda with waste and a pestilential stench.
—Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2015
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stench. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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stench
noun
: a very disagreeable smell : stink sense 1
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