scent
noun
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable.
is scenting
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present progressiveof scent (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But she did not answer very promptly, even when he had added, "Wanhope, here, is scenting something psychological in the reason of my laughing at you, instead of accepting the plain inference in the case."
From Questionable Shapes by William Dean Howells
Marg is scenting Burke for Jed and his kind to catch—that’s her way and Jed’s!”
From The Man Thou Gavest by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
Do you see, a magpie is chattering on a windfall: the bird is scenting the bear from a distance.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Listening to the old man's hoarse and confident voice, Foma thought: "He is scenting death, it seems."
From The Man Who Was Afraid by Herman Bernstein
