Example Sentences

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Parts of the city were reeking, and Lindsay could do nothing except stand on principle.

From Time Magazine Archive

She wore a print short-gown and petticoat, and a poky sun-bonnet; and her bare arms were reeking with soap-suds.

From Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn by Mulholland, Rosa

The wheels and sides were brown with mud, and the two horses were reeking and heavy-headed, as though their journey had been both swift and long.

From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

They gasped with the pity of it, and Kedzie's eyes were reeking with tears and Gilfoyle's lips were shivering when they wrenched out of that lock of torment.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

The grass and bushes were reeking, and his moccasins became sodden.

From The Scouts of the Valley by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)