Example sentences for: smelling

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

  • By Saturday, the pundits were smelling smoke but decided that the press still hadn't "found the fire" (Evan Thomas, Inside Washington ). Charles Krauthammer ( Inside Washington ) sensed an element of "Greek tragedy" to the story, although he didn't specify whether he was referring to Oedipus Rex or Antigone . Thomas and Jack Germond found it easier to cast aspersions on Clinton's partner in ...

  • A sophisticated nose might thus distinguish a fruity wine as smelling like citrus, berry, tree fruit, tropical fruit, or dried fruit.

  • It wasn't until I released two massive belches (each smelling strongly of false banana) that I was able to settle into the run and feel halfway normal.

  • 260: "A Touching (and Smelling) Tale"

  • 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.


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