olfactories
- plural of olfactory.
Example Sentences
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“Thank God my moustache filters out some of the stench. My olfactories are already beginning to send out distress signals.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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To his olfactories it is the perfume of Araby.
From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Reid, Mayne
"Mabel says that smoke never offends your olfactories, or affects your head unpleasantly, when you are suffering from this nervous affection," he said to Herbert.
From At Last by Harland, Marion
I acknowledge that I am often guided by my olfactories in doing things that seem so very unaccountable to my friends.
From The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Day, Mary L.
When passing the hive our olfactories are saluted with a nauseous effluvia, arising from this corrupting mass.
From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by Quinby, M. (Moses)