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US
/ˈstɛntʃ/
]
[ UK /stˈɛntʃ/ ]
[ UK /stˈɛntʃ/ ]
NOUN
- a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
How To Use stench In A Sentence
- He nictitated several times, still annoyed with the acrid stench of slightly burned plastic housing. The Demon
- Tru hung her gown away safely, then tore off her sweat-soaked uniform before she sloshed water all over her body, scrubbing away her stench with soap.
- Hog waste is a major pollution source, communities surrounding the factories are strangled by a foetid stench and animal rights groups have long complained about the inhumane way pigs are raised and slaughtered.
- Jerry smelled the familiar stench of beer as the tube neared his lips.
- They scratch the soil from beneath the flags, which then sink, and the consequent stench from the drains is abominable, jeopardising the health of the tenants. Boing Boing: November 19, 2006 - November 25, 2006 Archives
- The violence of the past-specifically, the dreaded practice of necklacing, which mingled the smell of rubber with the ‘sickly stench of roasting human flesh’ has been eliminated.
- Investigations led them to a cupboard where the stench seemed to be the strongest.
- Sores festered on her face and arms and a terrible stench clung to the air surrounding her.
- The sickening stench of blood hit him like a tidal wave.
- The air was green with the stench of fetid and rotten flesh.