How to Use odiferous in a Sentence

odiferous

adjective
  • Duval said that during peak bloom the plant can heat itself and pulse out waves of odiferous steam to expand the range of its scent.
    Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • What eye can trace them, in their varied wanton amorous chaces, bounding and fluttering on the odiferous air!
    Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • The stink over the smell is far from the first example of the odiferous product drawing ire as marijuana has gained a legal foothold in Oregon over the past 20 years.
    Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Michael Shannon, who played the candy-popping villain with the odiferous hand injury.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Galium odoratum owes its sweet scent to the odiferous agent coumarin.
    Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2018
  • Rejoice, for your odiferous deck shoes shall never embarrass you again!
    Jolie Kerr, Town & Country, 19 July 2017
  • One of the side effects is particularly odiferous gassy emissions; the underwear was a way to make her quality of life just a little bit better.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2018
  • The next obvious question is how to avoid such an odiferous and financial disappointment.
    Steve Tengler, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Think of it as a more odiferous version of PETA's lettuce bikinis, which its supporters wear to promote veganism.
    Donna Freydkin, Allure, 5 July 2017
  • The story of America's interest in Midway is … odiferous.
    Steve Haycox, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The sensors, each tuned to a different class of odiferous chemical, are simple too, generating imprecise, rough and ready signals.
    The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Anyone curious about old Baltimore industrial sites could be frustrated about an odiferous jumble of little streets on the western edge of Fells Point.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2022
  • There are myriad things to consider in determining whether Greeley is, as community development director Brad Mueller puts it, less odiferous.
    Greeley Tribune, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2017

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