Sentence examples for given smell from inspiring English sources

Any given smell typically activates a handful of the 1000 olfactory receptors, and only activates the subset of olfactory receptor neurons that express those receptors, Axel, Buck, and others found.

I was given smelling salts, and felt suddenly nauseous.

Each volunteer was given three smell-containing vials at a time two that were identical and one that was a slightly different mixture and then was asked which was the odd one out.

A: The melted A.B.S. plastic gives no smell that I could detect, although MakerBot recommends using the printer in a ventilated area.

What I wouldn't give to smell it today.

Sometimes methane gas can seep up through the ground, giving a smell of brimstone and bursts of fire.

Though it's best to change aquarium water after every fortnight, make sure you at least replace it with fresh water when it starts to get cloudy or when it gives foul smell.

We know, for example, which subset of neurons (numbering about 2,000 in all) is involved in learning to recognise odours, and which can give those smells good or bad associations.

Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.

In the study, researchers gave a smelling test to about 3,000 people ages 57 to 85.

"The instructor told us that many of the most common chemical weapons give off smells... like geraniums," he told me on the phone from his home office in Mechanicsville, Virginia.