'reek' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means to emit a strong, unpleasant smell or to be filled with a strong, unpleasant odor. It can also be used figuratively to describe something that is morally offensive or repulsive. Example: The garbage in the alleyway began to reek as the sun beat down on it, making the stench almost unbearable. In this example, 'reek' is being used in a literal sense to describe the strong, unpleasant odor coming from the garbage. Another example using the figurative sense of the word: The corruption in the government was beginning to reek, as more and more scandals were uncovered. In this sentence, 'reek' is being used to describe the morally offensive or repulsive nature of the corruption in the government.
'I'm influenced by the blues and how those songs reek metaphorically of sex and wanting,' he says.
There is a discreet reek of money and horse manure about the lanes into Lambourne.
It opens with Larkin in typically dismal form, "late getting away" escaping Hull on a sunlit Saturday afternoon, on an almost empty train smelling of hot cushions and the pervasive reek of the town's fish dock.
But if you are a member and you start to reek, there is nobody to make you take a bath .Mr Van Rompuy's olfactory sense certainly failed him when he visited Budapest to celebrate Hungary's presidency on the day the media law was passed.
The government's initial response to what happened in Benghazi, as exposed by recently leaked e-mails, does reek of evasion and inter-agency finger-pointing.
The stench of decaying flesh from bodies floating in the water or hidden inside buildings, combined with the reek of overflowing sewers, is enough to turn even the strongest stomach.Besides making the conditions for relief workers unimaginably difficult, it can also leave them with memories that haunt them for years.
Many reek of opportunism, some of hypocrisy: plenty of Republicans accusing Mr Obama of poisoning the well of bipartisanship have spent six years trying to thwart his every move.
They found it hard to accustom themselves to the constant eye-watering reek of horse hair and human sweat.
But lazily conceived and out-of-date ones are offensive and misleading.Some reek of colonialism ("Black Africa") or lingering imperialism ("the near abroad", Russians' term for the former Soviet empire).
Cities like San Bernardino and Fresno reek of poverty and sadness.In this section SIRF's up Dropping the bomb Lighten our darkness Hot off the press Not so golden Measure for measure Death by dehogaflier If Walker runs ReprintsBut two recent reports suggest that poverty in California's coastal areas may have been significantly understated, thanks largely to high housing costs.
Naturally, there will not be any talk of building more unnecessary roads and bridges; forms of spending that do not reek of the pork barrel will need to be found.Mr Koizumi has shown that he is an accomplished politician.
