Example Sentences

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A trail of musks, resinous woods and creamy florals follow him around like an orb of protection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

The new fragrance oil comes in a 10-millimeter, travel-friendly rollerball bottle and is an olfactory delight thanks to 12 musks: lily of the valley, ambergris, oakmoss and amber woods, among them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

But the distinctive quality all musks share is a certain lushness, a tendency to smell as opulent as cashmere feels.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018

Modern musks can be filthy, dainty, weighty, wispy; in short, they’re unpredictable.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018

The air was rife with the musks of the blossomed mountain-sides, and a medley of bird-music emanated from a hundred species, flitting and flapping their wet wings in the morning dew.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett