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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Listen to the fans thrumming above, passing the stench of death between rooms.
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Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
One persistent theory was that plants produce these compounds passively, through oxidation of more common precursor chemicals, or that these plants partner with bacteria to produce their stenches.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
Now the City of Mount Dora and Lake County have each pitched in $135,000 towards an odor evaluation study that officials believe could be the first step in identifying – and then, hopefully, eliminating – the stench for good.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Neighbors complain about the stench and other nuisances.
—Adam Wagner, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stench. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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stench
noun
: a very disagreeable smell : stink sense 1
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