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Meanings of reeking in English
Synonyms
Examples for "dripping"
Examples for "dripping"
1
Somewhere nearby water was dripping; the air smelled like oil and stone.
2
With just days now left in it, stress is dripping off everyone.
3
Water could be seen dripping down between his fingers: he was washing.
4
Temeraire had just spread out his wings; they were still dripping water.
5
He hesitated a moment, listening to the water dripping in the background.
1
Woodward said, with a measure of fire that belied his watery constitution.
2
While we had a watery vacation, our parents kept going to work.
3
Decaying vegetable matter can upset the delicate balance of the watery ecosystem.
4
Don't smash or shatter the ice: it'll become watery in a moment.
5
Inflammation of the Body of the Womb.-Thedischarge is thin and watery.
Usage of reeking in English
1
Then an oblong hole in the reeking blue clay, silence and worms.
2
He'd come in reeking of booze, probably still from the night before.
3
And noticed that the house was immaculate, the inside reeking of antiseptic.
4
The man took the reeking steeds to the stable, and Merwyn disappeared.
5
The straw, the universal stocking of these women-diggers, is reeking with dirt.
6
Finding the place in semi-obscurity, and reeking with gunpowder, they screamed loudly.
7
Here the robbers dismounted, and led their reeking horses down the descent.
8
For as yet machinery and reeking factories had not besmirched the country-side.
9
The air was reeking with a smell that I did not understand.
10
Staggering to his feet, the ape-man groped about the reeking, oozy den.
11
You were simply reeking with conceit when I met you this morning.
12
They were reeking with perspiration, and their breaths came hard and wheezing.
13
The earth was reeking with heat, and was salt, sulphurous, and stony.
14
Look at the room, still dirty with them, still reeking of them.
15
His reeking breath was on her neck as he sought her mouth.
16
Millions of pilgrims, spreading around the world, clothes reeking with bad yeast.
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Reeking across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common