Sentence examples for was smelling from inspiring English sources

"was smelling" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe something that was happening in the past. Example: "The room was smelling of freshly baked cookies."

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was 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.

  • I love the smell of fresh bread.

Exact(32)

I was smelling glue".

It was smelling pretty bad, too.

"Last night it was smelling something rotten," Mr. Morales said.

He was smelling some of the museum's brochures, inhaling deeply.

"My education was smelling, hearing," Mark Wood said.

As one smellwalker exclaimed: "Was smelling a very rubbish flower.

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Similar(28)

A hit was smelled by all.

Everywhere is smelling.

That isn't incense you're smelling.

Some politicians were smelling blood, however.

"He's smelling it!" Julisa shouted.

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