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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Certainly, the stench of antique prisons is the dominant note in the ancient reporting.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Has the stench of garbage really overtaken the kitchen?
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
That guy – the guy on whom the Bruins pinned the interim tag before Game 4 – was the breath of fresh air helping disguise the stench of an otherwise terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
The rotting corpse flower’s putrid stench cast a spell Thursday across Roseville High School’s campus.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Has the stench of garbage really overtaken the kitchen?
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
That guy – the guy on whom the Bruins pinned the interim tag before Game 4 – was the breath of fresh air helping disguise the stench of an otherwise terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
The rotting corpse flower’s putrid stench cast a spell Thursday across Roseville High School’s campus.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stench
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stench. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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stench
noun
: a very disagreeable smell : stink sense 1
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