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'smell' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'smell' with 20 example sentences.


smell noun

: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

: any property detected by the olfactory system

: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

: the act of perceiving the odor of something

smell verb

: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

: emit an odor

: smell bad

: have an element suggestive (of something)

: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively


  • What did you cook? It smells delicious.
  • I love the smell of morning coffee.
  • I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke.
  • Dogs have a strong sense of smell.
  • Losing your sense of smell can be a symptom of COVID-19.
  • His clothes always smell bad.
  • The smell alcohol gives off makes me sick.
  • You smell like cigarette smoke.
  • That flower has a strong smell.
  • I think that I smell smoke.
  • There was a strange, foul-smelling brown liquid in the waste basket.
  • Koala bears smell like eucalyptus.
  • All four lost their sense of taste and smell.
  • I think I smell a rat.
  • This soap smells like cherry blossom.
  • Do you smell rubber burning?
  • The smell of the roses filled the whole room.
  • Your hair smells like spring.
  • Sharks can smell even a tiny amount of blood in water.
  • I still remember the smell of her hair.
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