Word: putrid
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...research helps to explain why differing concentrations of odorants can produce entirely different sensations. For example, the chemical indole is perceived as floral when diluted but smells putrid in high concentrations, according to a press release on the study...
Slowly, I come to my senses. My bare flesh recoils from my icy bathroom tile. I am wearing nothing but my red plaid boxers. There is a putrid stench, but its origin is unclear. Early morning sunlight streams through a window. I bring myself upright and lean against the bathtub. The toilet stands amidst a puddle of vomit. At its sight, I hold back a dry heave. God bless the Hong Kong...
Beads of sweat break out on your forehead and slowly travel down your face, into your nose, stinging your eyes. Your hands tremble and fumble with the pages. Yet still you remain transfixed. You read without a sense of yourself--aware only of the feel of paper and the putrid smell of filth and excrement clinging to the words. Occasionally the pages, white and luminous, drag you so deep inside their parameters that for brief moments, you literally imagine you are one of the victims, one of the inhuman, one of the blind. A cold fear clings to each word...
...telephone services. Now, this news might come as a surprise to many, since long-distance bills contain no new line item to account for the tax. The story of behind this invisible tax captures the essence of modern liberalism. It demonstrates how liberals advance their political agenda through a putrid combination of procedure and substance...
Down where the students sit, we are served a putrid-looking salad and a thin slice of turkey in gelatinous broth. Dishes of boiled peas and potatoes are plopped down onto the table, and students grab at them, shoving these shared portions of the meal onto their plates. Often, the potatoes and peas run out before all students get a share. There is clearly a class division here...