SCENT in a Sentence
Learn SCENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
123 example sentences for SCENT, such as:
1. 'The scent is what I object to,' he said.
2. There was a fresh sweet scent on the air.
3. I let my lungs fill with the scented air.
4. It's you and your scent like a drug to me.
5. They were at fault too, and off the scent.
2. There was a fresh sweet scent on the air.
3. I let my lungs fill with the scented air.
4. It's you and your scent like a drug to me.
5. They were at fault too, and off the scent.
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Meanings and Examples of SCENT
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scent
v. cause to smell or be smelly
v. catch the scent of; get wind of
Classic Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1 When these fellows are at fault they come to me, and I manage to put them on the right scent.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 As I watched him I was irresistibly reminded of a pure-blooded well-trained foxhound as it dashes backwards and forwards through the covert, whining in its eagerness, until it comes across the lost scent.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3 What amuses me is to think of Lestrade, who had started off upon the wrong scent.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
4 They rolled in the dew, they cropped mouthfuls of the sweet summer grass, they kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent.
5 They were at fault too, and off the scent.
6 Even she caught the faint, tarry scent of the flowers.
7 They had a faint scent of apple-blossom.
8 'The scent is what I object to,' he said.
9 There was a fresh sweet scent on the air.
10 Depend on it, they're on the scent down there; and that if he moved, he'd blow upon the thing at once.
11 One pound, said Fagin, wishing to interest him in the scent as much as possible.
12 Of all the horrors that rose with an ill scent upon the morning air, that was the foulest and most cruel.
13 They'll never expect to nab me there, after this country scent.
14 It was a stagnant, warm, and misty night, full of all the heavy perfumes of new vegetation not yet dried by hot sun, and among these particularly the scent of the fern.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
15 Three miles on he came to a spot where a soft perfume was wafted across his path, and he stood still for a moment to inhale the familiar scent.
Example Sentence:
1 On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent.
2 It's you and your scent like a drug to me.
3 New Year should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed.
4 Christmas should be a time of banked-up fines,the scent of flowers and wine,good talk,good memories andloyalties renewed.
5 Ants follow a scent trail laid down previously.
6 The hounds had lost the scent of the fox near the river.
7 Female ants release pheromones from their scent glands.
8 The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room.
9 This scientist thinks he's on the scent of a cure for heart disease.
10 How fragrant were the steam of the beverage, and the scent of the toast!
11 A herb is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties, flavor, scent.
12 A lark is singing over head, and the air is filled with the scent of hay.
13 I let my lungs fill with the scented air.
14 Lie back and luxuriate in the scented oil.
15 In addition, many soaps and shampoos come in delicious scents that can be tempting for a child.