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Recent Examples of skunky
Here’s a great piece from this week: Running along the trails that whipsaw through the oak forests of the Palo Alto hills, a reporter was hit with a musky, skunky smell that made the hair on her neck stand up.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Running along the trails that whipsaw through the oak forests of the Palo Alto hills, I was hit with a musky, skunky smell that made the hair on my neck stand up.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
English ales were — and are — less bitter and skunky than modern American porters and ales thanks to different hops, Clark said.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
Real weed emits a complex combination of earthy, skunky, and sometimes fruity aromas.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2023
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Running along the trails that whipsaw through the oak forests of the Palo Alto hills, I was hit with a musky, skunky smell that made the hair on my neck stand up.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
English ales were — and are — less bitter and skunky than modern American porters and ales thanks to different hops, Clark said.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
Real weed emits a complex combination of earthy, skunky, and sometimes fruity aromas.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skunky
Adjective
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The problem is those runs came against teams ranging from average to putrid.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
11 July 2025
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Something that smells putrid to us now, for instance, might not have assaulted medieval noses in the same way.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Callery pear and Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Rue was considered the most malodorous of all herbs, was even thought to keep away evil spirits, and was spread on church floors for this purpose.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Words for different smells, or things that are smelly.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The vibes and smelly stuff were abundant and people were going home happy.—
jsonline.com,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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Fish supplements that contain omega-3s are prone to going rancid.—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
4 Apr. 2022
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Much of the damage was from flooding, which left a thick layer of rancid muck on her floors.—
Stephen Smith and Bobby Caina Calvan,
Anchorage Daily News,
7 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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First up, avoid musty smells by moving towels to the dryer as soon as the wash cycle is complete.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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On July 12, after days of continuous rain, a musty heat spread across the Chicago region and temperatures soared with a record-high heat index of about 126 degrees.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Paul gives the Clippers another ball mover to keep possessions from growing stale when Harden is taking a break on the bench.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Kennedy’s opponent, Vice President Richard Nixon, seemed to embody what voters were tiring of—the stale complacency and status quo of the 1950s.—
Time,
Time,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Keep in mind some of the precedents that have been set before and don’t try and reinvent the wheel or add something super funky or contemporary.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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Their wines can be funkier, more expressive, sometimes a little wild, but also more personal.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Their stories include the reasons that kept them from evacuating and then the harrowing odysseys that took some of them through fetid streets of flood waters, others to the nightmare that was the Superdome or the Convention Center, and still others across impassable bridges and freeways.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
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That is now as pathetic to me as a fetid caveman’s toolmaking would be to a great thinker like da Vinci or even Edgar Allen Poe.—
Graham Techler,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Skunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skunky. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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