as in stink
a strong unpleasant smell
we finally discovered the dead rat that was causing the stench in the basement
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Recent Examples of stench
The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Some passengers toss out a corpse before its stench becomes unbearable to others.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
The city’s colorful outdoor food markets lay abandoned—the usual smell of ripe papaya replaced by the stench of yesterday’s scraps, rotting in the heat.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Some passengers toss out a corpse before its stench becomes unbearable to others.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
The city’s colorful outdoor food markets lay abandoned—the usual smell of ripe papaya replaced by the stench of yesterday’s scraps, rotting in the heat.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stench
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stench
Noun
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My small room seemed to be visibly clouded by the stink of my body and the stink of my superfluous thinking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Stinky Dishwasher When food gets trapped in the filter, gaskets, or baskets in your dishwasher, bacteria grow and create a stink.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In that respect, Wolfram is a masterful merger of merger of serious social comment and taut, thrilling action, a film where base human cruelty is always somewhere on the horizon, a film that simply reeks of death and decay (there are more flies than Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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The entire episode reeks of everlasting ineptitude.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Stench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stench. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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