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Discover LudwigThe phrase "is smelling" is correct and usable in written English.
You would use it to describe the action of someone or something smelling something. For example: The baby is smelling the flowers with a look of wonder in her eyes.
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is smelling
noun
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
Exact(31)
Everywhere is smelling.
The market is smelling it and selling off.
The next thing I remember is smelling turpentine.
He went on, "Most of the time, New York is smelling bad, to be honest.
In domestic politics, meanwhile, the center-right Popular Party opposition is smelling blood.
You can't even get in the classroom to teach, the whole classroom is smelling bad".
Similar(29)
The coal-tarry odour of petroleum is smelt everywhere.
I was smelling glue".
That isn't incense you're smelling.
Some politicians were smelling blood, however.
"He's smelling it!" Julisa shouted.
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