ODOUR in a Sentence
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45 example sentences for ODOUR, such as:
1. There was a damp odour of mildew.
2. He was acutely aware of the odour of cooking oil.
3. The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects.
4. The air was permeated with the odour of burning rubber.
5. As Dorian hurried up its three rickety steps, the heavy odour of opium met him.
2. He was acutely aware of the odour of cooking oil.
3. The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects.
4. The air was permeated with the odour of burning rubber.
5. As Dorian hurried up its three rickety steps, the heavy odour of opium met him.
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Meanings and Examples of ODOUR
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odour
n. any property detected by the olfactory system
n. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
Classic Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1 At the far end of the shed near the street a speck of pink light showed in the darkness and as he walked towards it he became aware of a faint aromatic odour.
2 He sprang from the bed, the reeking odour pouring down his throat, clogging and revolting his entrails.
3 The troubling odour of the long corridors of Clongowes came back to him and he heard the discreet murmur of the burning gasflames.
4 But the trees in Stephen's Green were fragrant of rain and the rain-sodden earth gave forth its mortal odour, a faint incense rising upward through the mould from many hearts.
5 At the bottom there was a dark, tunnel-like passage, through which came a deathly, sickly odour, the odour of old earth newly turned.
6 We were prepared for some unpleasantness, for as we were opening the door a faint, malodorous air seemed to exhale through the gaps, but none of us ever expected such an odour as we encountered.
7 His parents went to eight-o'clock mass every morning in Gardiner Street and the peaceful odour of Mrs. Dillon was prevalent in the hall of the house.
8 Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne.
9 Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window, leaning her head against the window curtain, inhaling the odour of dusty cretonne.
10 On the stairs a moist pungent odour of perfumes saluted his nose: evidently Miss Delacour had come while he was out in O'Neill's.
11 She brought them up to his bedroom, the air of which was impregnated with a personal odour, and gave them chairs at the fire.
12 The heavy odour of incense seemed to cling about its pages and to trouble the brain.
13 There was a damp odour of mildew.
14 Inside was a green paste, waxy in lustre, the odour curiously heavy and persistent.
15 As Dorian hurried up its three rickety steps, the heavy odour of opium met him.
Example Sentence:
1 The air was permeated with the odour of burning rubber.
2 He was acutely aware of the odour of cooking oil.
3 The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects.
4 McGill University discovered that sensitivity to rose odour is greater in subjects that are sitting than in those lying down.