Sentence examples for whiff of rot from inspiring English sources

The pages gave off a nostalgic whiff of rot and outmoded typography.

When I met Sadeq al-Ahmar at his family home in Hasaba, the streets nearby still reeked of burned buildings, and I caught a whiff of rotting flesh — human or animal, I could not tell.

Since its out-of-town tryout in Chicago late last year, some wondered why an audience would want a whiff of the sickly odor of rotting souls that "Sweet Smell" provides.

A white surgical mask covered his face to shut out the whiff of death from the bodies rotting in the heat.

The building smelled of rot.

But pockets of rot can wreak havoc.

The overall figures hide lots of rot.

That's the first sign of rot.

Signs of rot.

What a load of rot!

It  gets mushy, a sign of rot.