Sentence examples for smell of things from inspiring English sources

Her new song booms through air fragrant with the fresh-paint smell of things going right.

"But I have dated girls who can't stand the smell of things like dried fish.

The early Christmases were celebrations of the smell of things, the gradations of the seasons, the properties of our planet, and the lustful, appetite-driven, pleasure-seeking behavior it invites.

It was as if she had been asleep all her life and had suddenly woken up: the air, the taste of water, food, even the smell of things changed.

They made a percussive racket – regular clunks, wheezes, and hisses, underlain by a droning hum – and created a distinct aroma, sharp and metallic, suggestive of steam engines and old cars: not instantly recognisable to a British visitor like me, perhaps, but the singular smell of things being made.

"While walking, there is something that overwhelms you in this city ... the streets, the smell of things, the smell of stones," she said.

And it's great, too, how Polanski brings in the smells of things.

I love offal, the gutty, messy smells of things like kidneys.

Even your nose needs to be tuned into the smells of things — but as with babies or cooking, this is mostly important when things go disastrously wrong: the automotive equivalent of diarrhea or burnt lasagna.

It is why sometimes noises, smells and the feeling of things bother you too.

To create a romantic evening, try to avoid dishes that smell heavily of things that are not terribly romantic, like intense fish or fiery garlic.