smelling
- present participle of smell.
Example Sentences
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Kyle Shanahan must believe the olfactory exhilaration of smelling salts enhances his coaching ability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“People are seeing with their own eyes, and I think frankly smelling with their own nose,” Mr. Sabet, 47, says in a phone interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Emergency workers stood on the charred roof, still smelling of burning, sawing off damaged sections and tossing the debris into a pile.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
It's the stuff of smelling salts and stretchers.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Bailey finds himself in a room that reminds him of his grandmother’s parlor, only smelling less like lavender.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
