stunk

[ stuhngk ]

/ stʌŋk /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of stink.

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How to use stunk in a sentence

I won’t lie, the video stunk, but I was absolutely impressed by the quality of the audio.
Roland GO:MIXER PRO-X review: A smart solution for smartphone audio streaming|Tony Ware|August 18, 2021|Popular-Science
One episode, the Christmas one, we all pigged out like crazy and went to see Tron: Legacy right after, and we all stunk horribly.
Epic Meal Time Creators on Their Future Plans|Marlow Stern|March 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But hard as it is for a liberal to say, the Democratic party in New Jersey has traditionally stunk to high heaven.
Jersey Rotten Scoundrels|Lee Siegel|July 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
We were carried into a vast bed-room, which I suppose is the club-room, for it stunk of tobacco like a justice of the peace!
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various

Thou liest, I think abominably, and thou hadst been In my place, thou wouldst have stunk at both ends.
Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10)|Francis Beaumont
This they seemed to void in a way of defence, and it stunk worse than assafoetida, or what is commonly called devil's dung.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18)|Robert Kerr
Father drunk, mother drunk, a hell of a home that stunk with liquor, and where there was no bread.
L'Assommoir|Emile Zola
The pasture gate was down and even that holy of holies, the branding corral, stunk of sheep.
Hidden Water|Dane Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for stunk

stunk

/ (stʌŋk) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of stink

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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