How to Use skunky in a Sentence

skunky

adjective

• But, this skunky smell repels deer and other pests that eat bulbs.
  — Nicole Bradley, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• The skunky smell of marijuana smoke wafts through restaurants in the ski resorts of Dizin and Shemshak.
  — Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times, 25 June 2016
• Residents complain the farms saturate their homes and children’s schools with the skunky smell the plant is famous for.
  — Joe Mozingo, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• Shellhammer says that the terpenes in hops, which are similar to the terpenes in cannabis, never add up to or break down into a skunky smell.
  — Madeline Bodin, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2021
• Rampant inflation, tangled supply chains, finicky consumers — for craft beer, 2022 went down like a six-pack of skunky ales.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• At the south end of the county in Carpinteria, the skunky odor of marijuana pours out the open vents of steel-frame greenhouses that the cut flower industry used for decades.
  — Joe Mozingo, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• Lipa invoked further nostalgia for the '90s above the neck with a dusty rose nude lip, hint of contour, and a skunky two-toned knot, her face framed by a duo of platinum blonde wisps while swathes of jet-black stood out against her bleached lengths.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2019
• Rhys drank heavily to palliate her burdens, and was known for tirades and other skunky behavior.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2022
• In fact, the legions of nature’s stinkiest critters that have waged a decade-plus-long war against the area’s stupidly curious dogs were the inspiration behind the several blocks of schlocky inflatable Christmas decorations of the skunky kind.
  — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Potassium thioglycolate That skunky stench is a signature attribute of this compound, a member of the perennially pungent thiol family.
  — Patrick Di Justo, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2007
• Residents complained about skunky water, but Snyder's environmental agency insisted the water was safe until a doctor in 2015 reported elevated lead levels in children.
  — Ed White, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2021
• Alaska's marijuana laws for cultivation include requirements for security systems, safety lighting and odor control to corral the skunky smell emitted by oils in flowering marijuana plants.
  — Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Sep. 2017
• Despite desperate pleas from residents holding jugs of discolored, skunky water, the Snyder administration took no significant action until a doctor reported elevated lead levels in children about 18 months later.
  — David Eggert, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024