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Meanings of smelt of in English

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Usage of smelt of in English
1
The air smelt of evergreen and the aromatic smoke of burning resin.
Via Crucis: A Romance of the Second Crusade
2
She smelt of some drowsy perfume squeezed from the glands of animals.
Venus In Copper
3
Old husks still strewed the floor and the place smelt of apples.
Greenmantle
4
The wind had already shifted violently, and now smelt of the sea.
Wessex Tales
5
The whole of your room smelt of Christmas tree and ginger cakes.
Immensee
6
It smelt of home to us, leaning over the rail and watching.
The Spinners' Book of Fiction
7
A white mist hung over everything and the wood smelt of autumn.
Lady into Fox
8
The police car smelt of hot plastic and aftershave and takeaway chips.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
9
Beneath the oil and metal she smelt of peppermint and shea butter.
Foxglove Summer
10
If such an expression may be permitted, it smelt of the stage.
Blind Love
11
Ivan Ivanitch smelt of tallow candles and cooking, and that suited him.
The Wife, and Other Stories
12
He went to bed between damp sheets which smelt of railway smoke.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
13
The shop, which was already three parts eaten up, smelt of ruin.
L'Assommoir
14
She smelt of drink, but was sober, and ready enough to eat.
Sir Gibbie
15
Doubtless to a dog's keen nose it smelt of both of them.
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
16
Which wasn't a bit nice, because the whole place smelt of death.
The Night of the Long Knives
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