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Recent Examples of skunky
In the later courtroom sequences, in Gotham’s trial of the century, Fleck represents himself, apparently channeling Foghorn Leghorn; in Arkham, the inmates are always watching cartoons, with particular emphasis on that skunky predator Pepé Le Pew.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
The rest Stella Artois Liberté: This was a polarizing beer, with some liking its skunky notes, and others likening it to a green-bottled beer that’s been left out too long in the sun.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Here’s a great piece from this week: Running along the trails that whipsaw through the oak forests of the Palo Alto hills, a reporter was hit with a musky, skunky smell that made the hair on her neck stand up.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Real weed emits a complex combination of earthy, skunky, and sometimes fruity aromas.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2023
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
The rest Stella Artois Liberté: This was a polarizing beer, with some liking its skunky notes, and others likening it to a green-bottled beer that’s been left out too long in the sun.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Here’s a great piece from this week: Running along the trails that whipsaw through the oak forests of the Palo Alto hills, a reporter was hit with a musky, skunky smell that made the hair on her neck stand up.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Real weed emits a complex combination of earthy, skunky, and sometimes fruity aromas.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skunky
Adjective
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Justin Herbert tried to stand 6-feet-6 in his team’s putrid urine-yellow uniform.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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However, beneath the makeup, amiable veneer and his seemingly normal brickfront home lurked unbelievable darkness — and a putrid odor that ultimately did him in.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The fabric also features Lululemon’s signature Silverescent technology, which prevents the growth of stinky bacteria.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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An alkaline compound, baking soda is a non-toxic cleaner with a coarseness that works wonders for scrubbing grime, removing difficult stains, and deodorizing stinky odors.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Midsummer is usually when sargassum, the floating seaweed that often washes up in malodorous piles on Florida beaches, starts to wane.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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Callery pear and Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Walking deeper into a smelly cave along the Albania-Greece border, cavers shined their flashlights along the rock walls and illuminated a massive spider colony.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Take out the trash immediately after throwing away smelly items like diapers and leftovers from your seafood dinner.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Charles has visited every continent on Earth, drinking rancid yak butter tea in Lhasa, snorkeling with sea lions in the Galapagos and even climbing an iceberg in Antarctica.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Beans sometimes smelled rancid.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Frozen spinach can taste musty or too earthy.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Her dogged efforts to get every manuscript into print succeeded, and Wade makes the best of a musty publishing saga.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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He is drawn to homes whose beauty lies buried beneath decades of stale design choices and neglect.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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My grief felt as stale and dry as this summer season.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This isn’t just adding parts to guns to increase damage or lessen recoil either; there’s room for some really funky experiments provided the right items are found.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Murray spent much of the show out of the spotlight playing bongos, cowbell, shakers and wind chimes while his band members sang and brought the heat with soulful guitar solos and funky sax.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Skunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skunky. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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