Sentence examples for acrid odour from inspiring English sources

First you are assailed by the smell, an acrid odour of death that wrenches the stomach and sticks to you like glue.

In one, women are selling dried tobacco leaves, with an acrid odour so pungent it tickles the back of the throat.

"The sweet, acrid odour of marijuana pervaded the area, many of the dancers were obviously intoxicated," wrote reporter Jack S McDowell.

At the time, she argued in the New York Times: "Because Clarence Thomas has been nearly suffocated by the acrid odour of racial discrimination, is intelligent, well-trained, black and young enough to be won over again, I support him".

The breeze carried an acrid smell, like gasoline fumes.

A strange, acrid smell crept in the air.

The acrid smell of gun smoke filled the air.

An acrid smell still filled the air.

The air carried an acrid scent like that of fireworks.

Everywhere, the acrid smell of bodies hangs in the air.

It is black and has a very heavy acrid odor.