reek
noun
a strong, unpleasant smell.
have reeked
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present perfectof reek.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If they had been told to clean themselves and their rooms a deep resentment would have set in and the house would have reeked of ill temper.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
For now it ought to have reeked of fish and oil; and piles of cod heads, instead of the cleanest of cold water, should have covered the rocks beneath.
From Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Of this slight superiority I should have reeked little in the daytime; nor, perhaps, counting Maignan as two, have allowed that it existed.
From A Gentleman of France by Stanley John Weyman
