How to Use stench in a Sentence

stench

noun
  • Stale air with the faint stench of a long-dead mouse.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The stench was worth it, for the dye could fetch its weight in gold.
    — Mark Woolmer, National Geographic, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Those who still wore masks did so in part to keep out the dust and stench.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Acrid smoke filtered through the room and the dogs fled the stench.
    — Alex Cranz, Wired, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Just because the stench is gone, doesn't mean your job is done.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2020
  • The thick, sticky stench of the dead lingered around the morgue for weeks.
    — Erika Kinetz, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • With Jack's scent out of my nose, the stench of the place hits me anew.
    — Jessica Leon, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, the stench around the Canucks will linger.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • About 30 cadets stepped out of big vans and at least one wheezed at the stench.
    — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2018
  • That stench of old seafood or the fetid smell of rotting meat are foul, to be sure.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The streets of Port-au-Prince reek with the stench of the dead.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Trees were scorched in seconds; the stench of jet fuel hung in the air.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
  • But the stench went on to spread to her bedroom and the rest of her apartment.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • That fishy stench of old seafood or the fetid smell of rotting meat are foul smells, to be sure.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Or the stench of the garbage sticks around, even after the trash can has been emptied.
    — Lindsey M. Roberts, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But for the fruit’s admirers, the stench is part of the allure.
    — David Pierson, latimes.com, 4 July 2019
  • Put them in a big game against a good team and no amount of Febreze can remove the stench.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
  • All these ailments seem to ebb and flow along with the toxic stench of the wastewater.
    — Kimberly Dickson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Then, along the highway from the airport, the stench of sewage arrives.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The arrest feels righteous, but the stench of the man’s menace lingers.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The coop is empty and cavernous, the air still heavy with the stench of chicken waste.
    — Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The stench of oil, coal and gas, from here to Moscow, is ever-present.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
  • For once, the stench at the Big A is not just coming from the bullpen.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The stench of the past is gone, replaced by the smell of success and, on this night, love in the air.
    — Ben Standig, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024

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