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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sharp odor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong, penetrating smell that is often unpleasant or distinctive.
Example: "As I entered the abandoned building, I was hit by a sharp odor that made me gag."
Alternatives: "a pungent smell" or "a strong scent".
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Terry also noticed that the male cones often exuded a sharp odor reminiscent of turpentine.
It has a sharp odor similar to rubber or cod liver oil.
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Seeing that yellow canary, hearing that clear Middle C on a Steinway piano, smelling the sharp odor of anise, feeling a pain of the jab of the doctor's needle in receiving an injection — these types of conscious experience have a character of what-it-is-like, a character informed by conceptual content that is also "felt", on this view.
The juicy yellowish flesh has a mild to faintly sour or sharp odor and taste, and has been described as well-flavored upon cooking.
But when I returned from the grocery store to find the sharp odor of cat spray in a half-open duffel bag, I shut him out of the room.
Arriving at the gate, I could already smell the sharp odor of diarrhea.
The sharp odor of acid gets into my eyes and makes them tear.
A sharper, irritating odor, like the back of a garbage truck.
The scentless air became infused with the sharp odors of fried food and petroleum; occasionally, a military plane roared overhead.
A sharp sweet chemical odor like model glue or nail polish remover.
Stinkhorns instead produce a sticky spore mass that has a sharp, sickly-sweet odor of carrion.
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