Example sentences for: smelling

How can you use “smelling” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • To the best of my knowledge, the American expression is come up smelling like a rose survive an ordeal untainted or even in enhanced condition; Wilkinson has smell like a rose [Amer] be pure and innocent.

  • Country Life Farm is as pastoral as it sounds, smelling of grass and hay and horses.

  • Dogs show a form of behaviour called rolling/rubbing in strongly smelling objects [ 30 ] . The intention of the dog may be to eliminate or dilute the odour since this type of rolling is frequently associated with sneezing and running [ 30 ] . In other cases the dog may roll in an odour that is considered unpleasant by humans.

  • They terrify patients with a "halimeter," a new gadget that measures a nasty smelling chemical called methyl mercaptan.

  • Alone in her kitchen with her cutting board, she seems to be smelling her own faint over-ripeness; when Mortensen holds his stare a beat too long, her body bends toward his as if it knows, on a cellular level, that this way lies nourishment.


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