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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Yet recently, residents say the stench and garbage have gotten out of control.
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Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Stale air with the faint stench of a long-dead mouse.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
What To Add To Your Routine Start with these classic items, and your home will be feeling cleaner than ever without all those chemical stenches.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
Certainly, the stench of antique prisons is the dominant note in the ancient reporting.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
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Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Stale air with the faint stench of a long-dead mouse.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
What To Add To Your Routine Start with these classic items, and your home will be feeling cleaner than ever without all those chemical stenches.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
Certainly, the stench of antique prisons is the dominant note in the ancient reporting.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 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 14 Jan. 2026.
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stench
noun
: a very disagreeable smell : stink sense 1
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