Want to use Smell correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like property or sensation.
Smell in a sentence
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Smell meaning
- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
- The sense that detects odours.
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
Synonyms of Smell
Example sentences (20)
Dog owners were alerted as palm oil, which has a sickly-sweet smell, is irresistible to dogs and can cause illness.
Foxes have a strong sense of smell and you can use this to your advantage by learning what smells a fox hates.
I do see more scenery and smell more aromas (some good and some bad), but I do get bored quicker when walking.
After one of his coffees spilled, Maggie noticed a smell of alcohol, and she didn’t just keep quiet about it.
Black trees, ashes, no animals wandering, complete exposure to sunlight, dry conditions, the smell of burned wood, silence.
Aside from having a powerful smell, the type of alcohol they contain is also linked with nausea reduction.
At 8.00am on Sunday 29th October, whilst walking my dog to the Sports Complex, the smell from Emerald Biogas was horrendous.
His Christmas stocking was foot sprays and Axe body spray—as if his mother didn’t see him anymore but could still smell him.
I can smell the smells and see the bright lights and I remember every detail of things I haven't thought about in nine years.
CBC Hamilton spoke with other residents of the neighbourhoods around the GFL facility, who also said the smell is worse at night.
Depute fiscal Rachel Aedy said Melville had been stopped by police at around 11pm and officers could smell cannabis from the car.
And while some products may taste and smell strongly of hemp, this CBD oil comes in a vanilla cream flavor that is sure to please.
CBD vape capsules give you a slow release of cannabinoids without the fuss of lighting up and the lingering after-smell of smoking.
A manager toured him around the gleaming factory, which was suffused with the sweet smell of milk.
And while you may not be bothered by what other people get up to in their own homes, there’s no denying the smell can be off-putting.
Hector Bermudez left his apartment at Lahaina Shores shortly after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after the smell of smoke woke him up from a nap.
Stull like garlic has a strong smell and coffee beans can absorb that smell even if you seal them off from the air.
But bunk, as it was called, wasn’t a beverage – people used the beans to make ‘aromatic compounds’ to mask the smell of sweat and food.
Everyone will stop and look at the car crash but no one’s going to stop and smell the flowers.
Few things evoke the essence of Jamaica like the sight and smell of mangos ripening on a tree.
Common combinations with smell
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the smell 56×
- smell of 48×
- and smell 15×
- to smell 13×
- smell the 13×
- smell and 12×
- of smell 10×
- smell it 8×
- strong smell 8×
- smell in 7×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word smell. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.