Example Sentences

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“My mom finally threw it away when I was sleeping because it was stinking so much. That was a very strong memory that I had forgot.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

“It’s starting to outpace 2010 by a decent margin, which is sobering because 2010 was stinking hot,” Klotzbach said.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

“It was stinking so bad, like a bad bathroom. It was pathetic.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Kyla Frank, passing out fliers for a tour bus company on the other side of the building, couldn’t figure out who was stinking up her mornings.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2017

Tom and me got mixed up in the general opinion of the place, which was stinking bad and what they called a pirates' nest, and an English man-of-war came down special to deport Tom.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd