How to Use redolent in a Sentence
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It’s restorative and redolent with the aromas of the sea.
—Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
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The boots today are still redolent of 2,000 miles of toil.
—Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian, 27 June 2017
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The boots today are still redolent of 2,000 miles of toil.
—Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
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The Winds of Winter are more redolent of hot dogs and stale beer than one might imagine.
—Jeremy Egner, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2017
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This is all too redolent of Vietnam, but in this case, who will rebuild?
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
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So soothing, so redolent of simpler times (which is sort of my ZIP Code).
—Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
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Spanish leather, or peau d’Espagne, was redolent of the Mediterranean woods and orange blossoms in which the skins were soaked.
—Town & Country, 3 Mar. 2023
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The elegiac score by Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva is redolent with the buoyant melancholy of klezmer.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 11 June 2019
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The meat was a satisfying cross between brisket and roast beef, redolent with star anise and soy.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
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The rums are mixed, carbon filtered, and then rested in French oak casks for a smooth rum that's redolent of vanilla and caramel with just a hint of spice.
—Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 11 Apr. 2023
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Is there any place-name so redolent of adventure, peril and the thrilling cross-currents of culture as the Silk Road?
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
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The deviled egg has become a retro-redolent item nowadays.
—Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 22 Mar. 2018
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The shifts and overlays become redolent metaphors of home and displacement.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
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Some burst with juniper flavor, while others are redolent with the aroma of rose petals.
—Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2019
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Ginobili, who has played for the Spurs since 2002, is the N.B.A. player whose game is most redolent of silent-movie comedians.
—Thomas Beller, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2017
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The molten Gruyere — placed in a ceramic bowl on a wire rack over a flaming tea candle — is redolent of white wine, cherry schnapps and garlic on the backbeat.
—James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 27 Apr. 2017
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Topped with a ridiculously runny, over-easy egg and with a generous amount of tofu mixed in, the earthy, redolent rice had great texture.
—Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 16 Aug. 2017
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Hicks walked through an older barracks with communal bathrooms at Fort Wainwright that had been scrubbed to a shine and was redolent of Pine-Sol.
—USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
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The result is a tender, squidgy bar streaked with raspberry and crowned with a crunchy golden streusel redolent with nuts, which also happens to be gluten-free.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
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One imagines dancers hopping and gyrating in the low-ceilinged room: humid, hot, packed, redolent of sweat, cigarettes and weed.
—Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Breezy mornings are ideal for privacy before the heat mounts and the baths heave with people; redolent of a carefree summer camp.
—Alia Akkam, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2024
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In a place like Oxford, redolent with history, how can so much history be smothered and lost?
—New York Times, 11 May 2018
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But one bite into them reveals a depth of flavor in a masa redolent with sweet ground corn, which Linquist complements with stewed chicken and a poblano sauce.
—Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 11 May 2017
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The dark interior, redolent of heady and rich tobacco mixtures, had its own quirks.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
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Grilled pork, a mainstay of banh mi and bun, might be the most familiar of the meats that go with the com tam, and it’s excellent – a bit sweet and savory, redolent of black pepper and grilled to smoky, tender perfection.
—Kate Washington, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
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The finished pickles are slightly salty, redolent with herbaceous Mexican oregano and laced with chipotle smoke, followed by the sharper heat of fresh jalapeño.
—SFChronicle.com, 26 July 2019
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The tortillas, spread with the rich, comforting pork and tomato stew, redolent with guajillo chili, and studded with bacon and chorizo, are finished with cheese and sour cream.
—Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
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The conversation on boosting economic growth is redolent of the 1980s, when top-down planning gave way to bottom-up commerce.
—Alexander William Salter, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
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This final flourish was redolent of the comic persona that Navalny displayed during court appearances from his prison cell in the final months of his life.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
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The spaghettoni al limone is especially strong, a twist on the Southern Italian dish with a redolent fruitiness that seems to infuse every pasta strand.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
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