Example Sentences

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Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Fans have been speaking to BBC Sport to vent their frustration at the situation, with one saying: "Spurs now enter the final few weeks of the transfer window reeking of desperation."

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

If you’re not keen on slathering animal fat all over your face and reeking of beef, there are a few alternatives that promise similar results and smell much better.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

Far from the handsome man she has pictured, he struts in with an “air of cheap assurance” and flashes his trinkets, reeking of cheap cologne, hair coated in bear grease.

From Slate • May 27, 2024

Flames came teeming from its mouth, and molten spit, and reeking, scorching smoke.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye