Sentence examples for a smells from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a smells" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not usable because "smells" is a verb and should not be preceded by the article "a" in this context.
Example: "The food smells delicious."
Alternatives: "a scent" or "an aroma".

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It was a once-in-a-generation moment in youth culture, a Smells Like Teen Spirit or London Calling.

By the time I Luv U got its proper release through XL in early 2003, my expectations were for a Smells Like Teen Spirit-level sensation.

The guitar riffs remain muscular, two- and three-note things that bend rock cliches just enough to convince the listener they are hearing something original - 3's and 7's does a sterling job with a Smells Like Teen Spirit-ish chord progression - but on Into The Hollow and Run Pig Run, the songs they are attached to, are oddly slender.

And Rio's breast-baring tomboy agitator Cassia Eller snarled versions of songs by everyone from the late Chico Science (whose backing band Nacao Zumbi also performed) to Nirvana, with a "Smells Like Teen Spirit" that sent the crowd into a frenzy that wasn't matched until Nirvana's former drummer, Dave Grohl, took the stage with his band the Foo Fighters later that night.

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It smells a little stale.

They have a smell".

What a smell!

There was a smell.

"That's a smell test".

Don't emit a smell.

Is heat a smell?

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