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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The stench of death in Sinjar was so overpowering that Holland had to stop talking on camera.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
The whiff stench of insider trading is unmistakable.
—Nic Puckrin, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Liao said other business owners in the strip mall have never complained about the stench.
—Alys Martinez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Scripted by Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie (partners in life and in filmmaking), these words of seduction are music to the ears of a lonely Gravedigger (Glowicki), who has been formulating a perfume to cover up her corpse-like stench.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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John Blake, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
The whiff stench of insider trading is unmistakable.
—Nic Puckrin, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Liao said other business owners in the strip mall have never complained about the stench.
—Alys Martinez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Scripted by Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie (partners in life and in filmmaking), these words of seduction are music to the ears of a lonely Gravedigger (Glowicki), who has been formulating a perfume to cover up her corpse-like stench.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stench. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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stench
noun
: a very disagreeable smell : stink sense 1
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