smelling
- present participle of smell.
Example Sentences
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Smelling blood and being highly attuned to the path of least resistance, currency traders may be sensing the energy price spike is another layer of vulnerability for Asian currencies to prey upon.
From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023
Smelling oranges or lilies shifts their preference to red.
From Scientific American • May 30, 2022
Here’s what is relatable, unfortunate as this truth may be: Smelling someone else’s body odor is the opposite of pleasant.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2021
Christopher Smelling, the Freight Transport Association's head of policy, says that the continuing empty shelves is a result of panic buying, and not a lack of supply.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2020
Smelling a little of turpentine, she was still in the soiled green print dress she’d worn all yesterday and all last night and all this morning.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
