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Recent Examples of fetor
The musty aroma didn’t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations.
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Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.
—Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.
—Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetor
Noun
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Listen to the fans thrumming above, passing the stench of death between rooms.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025
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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
Noun
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The panel was assembled to determine changes in oral malodor resulting from dietary manipulation.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
27 June 2014
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The malodor of halitosis usually results from the bacterial breakdown of amino acids in food debris, saliva, blood, and postnasal drip in the oral cavity.—
H Lee Kagan,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2011
Noun
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Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Here, again, is the kind of scenario that reeks of Moscow disinformation.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hootie [& the Blowfish], Dave [Matthews Band], and seventies soul and funk....—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
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The result continued a stretch of only one win in six across all competitions for a Miami team that began the funk looking impotent in attack, and has now resumed its 2024 habit of being wide open in defense.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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What's surprising is that senior Republican lawmakers are also making a stink.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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Rodriguez is teaming up with Lysol to champion the tireless work of sports officials and make one part of their job easier – tackling the stink of post-game laundry with Lysol Laundry Sanitizer.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Fetor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetor. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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