How to Use malodorous in a Sentence

malodorous

adjective

• And most of the complaints concerned the malodorous scent the chew emitted.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 18 June 2017
• Standing behind the truck when the plate returned to its resting place, I was engulfed in a mighty whoosh of warm, malodorous air.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2017
• This was a threat of the ugliest variety, and one with a malodorous history.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 July 2019
• Prevailing winter winds in the morning blow the malodorous smoke directly over the home of Nakayama and Bridges, the lawsuit says.
  — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2017
• Late last July, tens of thousands of the very oily fish washed up dead near the casino’s Mystic River entrance in a giant malodorous mass.
  — Joshua Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2019
• If Musk continues down this road, Twitter won’t be a beacon of free speech, but a miasmic, malodorous swamp.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Per the Times, researchers aren’t totally sure about the active ingredient of the bees’ malodorous home decor in terms of wasp repellent.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2020
• No one wants to be assaulted by a skunk’s malodorous secretions—if even the adorable acrobat regales you with a handstand first.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 May 2017
• No one wants to be assaulted by a skunk’s malodorous secretions—if even the adorable acrobat regales you with a handstand first.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
• Because of this, the tunnel smells peculiar and fetid, like a malodorous cheese (think Stilton or Limburger) but with an earthy finish and notes of sweaty socks and horse manure.
  — Madeline Ostrander, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020
• Redness, itchiness and/or pain, and a malodorous discharge are usually noted (which is why your vet smelled the ears).
  — Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 19 Apr. 2018
• Most homeowners prefer to plant a male, because mature female trees can be a malodorous mess.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• Simply put your face mask on and open a window in your kitchen while measuring it and portioning and baking the dough to prevent any malodorous smell from lingering.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• Trash cans are a ubiquitous, and malodorous, fact of urban life, but a few dozen cities around the world are experimenting with eliminating them.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2020
• Dusty air fresheners gave the stagnant room the scent of malodorous imitation flowers.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2021
• My mind flashed back to our stay in the austere Gir Forest guesthouse in India long ago, with its stifling mosquito netting, squeaky ceiling fan and malodorous toilet.
  — Paul Boorstin, latimes.com, 30 July 2017
• Quickly observing that a New York City subway car is empty on a relatively crowded train can save you from a malodorous ride.
  — NBC News, 6 Jan. 2020
• The electronic device warns users when a restroom is too, well, malodorous, to use and, more importantly, alerts them when said stench has dissipated.
  — Chauncey Alcorn, CNN, 8 Jan. 2020
• There is the snake making its way through a bit of filthy water, then two snakes in a blue kiddie pool (one appearing somewhat compromised), then a limply malodorous snake being held by a girl in the plein air of concrete rubble.
  — Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
• Yet another put forward a strategy to combat the wine’s malodorous nature.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 5 May 2021
• Sulphur-containing gases are the major, but not the only, malodorous components of human flatus.
  — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2010
• Ingesting beverages or foods with high water and/or fat content such as milk may help reduce the malodorous odor in breath after garlic ingestion and mask the garlic flavor during eating.
  — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2011
• Two subways always coexist in our imagination: the actual subway—filthy, malodorous, rodent-ridden, and all the rest, but always running—and the subway as it is thematized and made iconic, by movies and television and the tabloids.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022
• The students began their work last summer as Michigan officials insisted that Flint’s malodorous, discolored water was safe.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2016
• So too their summers: sweaty, fleeting weeks of melting Popsicles, malodorous with bug repellent, the calendar countdown to hurricane season.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• The chemical is called putrescine (1,4 diaminobutane), a malodorous organic compound within the polyamine family—a group of molecules already known to play a crucial role in important functions like cell division.
  — Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011
• Pruitt may not have committed abominations, but his freewheeling, ethically obtuse management of his agency is a stinker too malodorous to ignore.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2018
• Several days into her quarantine period, Ms. Moore took a whiff of Dumbo’s typically malodorous food.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2021
• Ten judges, able to discriminate and rank malodorous chemical compounds, were trained as a formal sensory panel by an expert in sensory evaluation techniques.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2014
• Less testing for monkeypox this summer will inevitably lead to more people suffering from ulcerating rashes, drenching night sweats, malodorous rectal discharge, and expansive onward spread.
  — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022

Last Updated: 8 Oct 2024