How to Use stink bomb in a Sentence

stink bomb

noun
  • Someone set off a stink bomb at the school.
  • Or maybe his me-first attitude will be a stink bomb in the clubhouse.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Compared to that stink bomb, Spicer’s turn was comic gold.
    Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Ku Klux Klansmen distributed hate tracts outside, and stink bombs planted inside the arena sent many in the crowd to the exits.
    Cindy George, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The pranks devolve from there as Tiffany sets of a stink bomb in Kary and Brandi's room, so Kary responds by… dumping salsa all over everyone else's beds?
    Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Other locations were vandalized and one had to shut down for two days after a stink bomb went off, according to Swiss media reports.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Some of Sea Shepherd’s tactics include ramming whaling vessels and throwing stink bombs onto the decks of Japanese ships.
    Rob Taylor, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Crowds also protested in front of theaters, and even inside them, terrorizing audiences by releasing snakes, mice and stink bombs.
    Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017
  • In handing Biden his first victory, Democratic primary voters also tossed a stink bomb to billionaire Mike Bloomberg.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 29 Feb. 2020
  • All very innocent — moving lawn furniture a block down the street, soaping windows, leaving stink bombs on porches (homemade, nonchemical, nonexplosive types) and moving outhouses.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019

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