Example Sentences

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Birds of prey will scent the battle-field at prodigious distances, and they are often seen hovering instinctively over the ground where the conflict is to supply their festival.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Let a ewe from another fold come in and they will scent her quick as lightning.

From The Story of Wool by Otis, Elizabeth

Once the initial scheme granted, the rest may be as bracing as an Alpine breeze; but the critics will scent brimstone.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

If the bloom is cut when in its prime and quite dry, a few heads will scent a fair-sized room.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John

The fluid it squirts from under its tail will scent the whole country round.

From The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace by Sedgwick, Susan Anne Livingston Ridley