How to Use body odor in a Sentence

body odor

noun
  • No one wants to walk around with body odor or sweat stains on their clothes.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
  • The plane smelled like mildew and body odor, and the seats looked threadbare.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Oh man, my signature scent is my body odor.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But there’s a little body odor going on for sure.
    — Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
  • What are the best deodorants for body odor to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Which deodorants for body odor are best?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • With the heat kicking in, body odor has been on many people’s minds.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 21 June 2024
  • This is also a time when the glands in the armpits start to produce body odor.
    — Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The body odor was overwhelming.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Arnold says that the changes in a person’s body odor are likely what seizure-alert dogs sniff out.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
  • What causes body odor On its own, sweat does not produce body odor.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The goal is to reduce body odor by decreasing the sweat under your arms.
    — Heidi Cope, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Of course we shouldn’t be focused on body odor while enjoying the great outdoors.
    — Isabella Rosario, Outside Online, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This type of sweat produces body odor, thanks to bacteria living in those places.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 25 Nov. 2023
  • But only a small portion of them are responsible for body odor.
    — Amanda Schupak, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Fragrance Scent or fragrance is added to most deodorants as a way to mask body odor.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The bacteria on the skin breaks down those lipids in the oilier, thicker sweat to produce body odor.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 21 June 2024
  • Also, people were embarrassed to buy things to control body odor.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
  • None of the men removed from the plane had been accused by other passengers of having body odor.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
  • None of the men removed from the plane had been accused by other passengers of having body odor.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • That being said, after 24 hours, our underarms were damp, and there was some body odor present.
    — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The most common symptoms of overeating garlic include body odor and breath that smells like garlic.
    — Kathi Valeii, Verywell Health, 9 June 2025
  • Still, eating whole garlic may cause some side effects, such as breath and body odor, stomach pain, gas, and nausea.
    — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Or a 15-year-old can be well through puberty and have no body odor, no greasiness and no pubic hair growth.
    — Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Clean areas that accumulate oil and body odor sites with an unscented cleanser.
    — Gabrielle Kassel, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Body Odor Even your usual body odor can change as your enter perimenopause.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Being a father, Dwyane Wade believes, is learning about body odor the hard way.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This can be hard to cope with on top of other things like body odor or excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis).
    — Emily Brown, Mph, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Renee smelled of vodka and body odor, which reflected poorly on the entire office.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, it’s meant to minimize body odor and is highly effective at doing so.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024

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