In the daytime their crisp, incinerated corpses littered the floor and windowsills, and until Kochu Maria swept them away in her plastic dustpan, the air smelled of Something Burning. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled it over my head and threw it as hard and far as I could, and still—still—I couldn’t shake the smell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Houses that smelled like coffee in the morning and popcorn at night. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He inhaled, taking in the familiar smell of old books all around him, listening to the faint creak of his chair as he shifted in it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He inhaled and took in the smell of moss and rich dirt, which he’d never smelled before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If the foul smell of rotting coffee could cause health problems, they reasoned, why couldn’t foul-smelling water? An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I think it’s that smell that makes so many folks fall asleep in the library. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I finally am able to push the thudding to the back of my head, I’m bowled over by the colors and smells and unadulterated joy around me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The smell of ginger and cloves and burnt sugar drifts over my bed, the smell of her body wash and shampoo and perfume. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

They smelled of nail-varnish and they froze the back of your throat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the bedroom door and smelled bacon. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The smells of frying poppy and smoke-leaf drifted pleasantly in through the wardrobe door, and more than once Lyra found herself nodding. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The smell was faint but, now that she noticed it, distinct. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I smell nothing, madam,” the Grand Elder said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The smell of the drawn blood excited the cub further; he straddled the dog’s body and started to play with the long white tail, nibbling at the end like a child with a new toy. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room still held the faint smell of coffee and tobacco smoke, but dust coated the furniture and the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole kitchen would fill with their smell and color, Marie-Laure’s fingers sticky with them, a kind of rapture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I loved the earthy, mossy smell of the air and the soft tickle of the ferns that bowed down along the edges of the path. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He has on shoes with no socks so I can see his ankles, and he smells way too good. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Hope you washed out that jar real good with hot water and soap. Hope you washed away the dill-pickle smell.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It carried the black and acrid smell of coal—and something else, a chemical smell, maybe something they added to make the fires burn hotter. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Never even noticed any of this before, probably because I was too busy smelling her lavender smell. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Plus, I know I’m going to be able to smell fish for hours. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was not the way Curve smelled that Colin liked—not exactly. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

His hands were uncommonly dirty, and he smelled of rum. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed JimmyTrotter inside, where he washed the glue smell off his hands. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

My seizures always begin the same way: I smell flowers. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The air smelled sweet, and George’s stomach growled. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jam could smell the saltfish buljol he was making, and as they heard her enter, they both turned and smiled in a way that was designed to hide their worry but failed terribly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They now wished they could all stay at the Poe household, even though it smelled. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It smelled like money: roasted lamb and hothouse flowers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The scent of the oils and the roots stuck to my hands, so I smelled like the earth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The daffodils will soon be thrown out, they’re beginning to smell. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could smell gas real strong—it made me dizzy—like the gas station smells when some lady don’t know when to stop and she spills gas all down the side of her car. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never smelled such fresh air or so many trees and flowers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The smell hit her at the first door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The warm, sweet smell of cafe con leche had wafted its way up to me, and my stomach growled in response. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dawn Madden leaned in so close I could smell the sugar on her breath. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The smell of gunpowder was on his clothes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the smell of burnt straw; I remember broken fences and tom-up trees and heaps of stone and brick and pottery. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky has gray clouds blowing in from the west, and with them comes the smell of rain and a heaviness in the air, but Kalinda doesn’t seem to care. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Usually I loved the scent of it, rich with bubbling life, but there was something in it now that smelled burnt and bitter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For a heavenly smell, warm and golden, as if from all the most delicious fruits and flowers of the world, was coming up to them from somewhere ahead. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The house smells good, like home cooking, with hints of Ella’s perfume. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I can smell your socks from way over here. Don'tcha ever send them to the laundry?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were the first to receive the rain and they gave off a wet clay odor that was like the smell of life itself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was incredible how she could sense from the half-open door the quality of their trembling, the abundance of juices, the words whispered in the ear, the most secret smells—a veritable miracle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands alone in Madame Manec’s room and smells peppermint, candle wax, six decades of loyalty. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When it rained, they let off a disgusting musty smell so animals wouldn’t eat them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I could smell the cabbage and onion from the brown paper bag, I lost that feeling of being calm and brave like Papa. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landing two stories up was half-filled with black plastic garbage bags and it smelled of rotting vegetables. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she could practically smell the sweet Italian breezes, a mix of lemons and flowers and the sea. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

"Why do you always do that? I smell like a Strawberry Shortcake doll." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She knew what grass smelled like, a rich brew of dirt and green roots, right after rain. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

To this day, I can smell the smell of the bark—a sweet, woody smell—and feel the ridges in the bark, and taste that distinctive taste on my lips. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But he thought probably they had smelled the smoke. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The wool is.gray and has absorbed moisture from the air, it’s like a wetted baby blanket and smells faintly of damp sheep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled like a wet goat wrapped in old cheese. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She hands me a steaming mug that smells like peppermint. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure he smelled like every single thing that could get him in trouble. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mama came into my room and shook me gently, hugged me, and I smelled her mint-scented deodorant. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I inquired, “Is it not surprising, sir, that despite its long continuance and your constant intimacy with it, you can smell it still?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She could smell the presence of animals, and there were scurrying sounds as they walked through the office. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After doing this three times the smells of the shack and Hooverville were gone and only the smell of the blanket was in my nose. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Inside, the windows are hazy with steam, and there is the warm, tomatoey smell of chili. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Coffee tastes gross, but I love the smell of it brewing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He smelled of wood, and sawdust clung to his neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room was small, filled with shelves of bottles and boxes, and I couldn’t smell anything besides whatever it was Dr. Begbie had used to wake me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The birds are carrying on, and the streets smell like frying chorizo. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even the air of the place smells luxurious. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I barrel into the smell of pipe tobacco and the scratch of his tweed suit. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hanging by one pa\\^ he swung back and forth, admiring the spectacle below him: the smells of the food, the sound of the music, and the light, the light, the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

From the smell of the place, they haven’t been using the privy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, the evening air filled with the familiar din that was the city of Lkossa, the sounds and smells of home. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“There’s gotta be a million leather briefcases in the world. They all smell the same. Like leather!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her lips looked shiny and smelled like strawberries. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Close to the ground, a tunnel opened; he could smell fresh air, and his lungs drank deeply. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The cake smell got stronger and sweeter, and then I saw the pink house. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I have no idea if the actual dahlia flower smells this good, but this lotion is working just right for me today. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“No, this is a prize first run. I can smell it!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We even smelled them baking, their beautiful and lovely cake-y aroma waiting down the halls. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

That excited-nervous feeling came back as I smelled its old-book smell, and I turned to the Cobalt Blue Orchid section and read Mom’s words. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tally wondered what she’d smell like when she arrived, after days without a bath. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The dungeon was, most unusually, already full of vapors and odd smells. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The smell, in particular, but also the numerous varieties of texture and taste. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor of the chopper smelled of oil. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spotted a harp in one corner, a loom in another, and a big cooking pot where the stew was bubbling, filling the cavern with luscious smells. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Inside, the smells changed hour by hour—an ever-changing perfume of roast meats, leeks and onions, fresh-baked bread. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He began to quest the air for her special smell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Every day they were driven into the underground chamber Nhamo had seen, and a huge fan blew their smell through the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Caitlin had sprayed it with perfume, or if this was just how a new thing smelled. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The smells from the kitchen and the Great Hall were so strong that it was almost as if he had never left the feast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I picked one up off the desk and smelled its pages. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Each person’s clothes and blankets must be washed once a week, or we have more arguments over smell than from the bucket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was trying not to make any sudden movements so he could contain his smell. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’d come back if she knew that we could be together again somewhere real nice where the sun always shines and the grass is green and the air smells of honey. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The air was still very cold and a cold night was coming, so that the brew, rising from cold water to a rolling boil, gave the good smell that competes successfully with other good smells. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of cologne in Lucas’s car was overpowering. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I get a whiff of meat frying, the smell most likely coming in through the few open windows. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“If the captain smells anything like his ship, he may mistake your vomit for perfume,” Gerris replied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I would have slept longer, but I was awakened by an unfamiliar smell. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If the rats could detect the handful of greens he’d eaten hours earlier, they must have an unbelievable sense of smell. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

From my backseat car window, I would point my nose toward Kiddieland and breathe in the smells of roasting hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and candied apples cooling on refreshment stand counters. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His uniform barely fit, and his locker forever smelled like the rotting food he squandered. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hazel woke from a nightmare, thinking, What is that smell? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The air smelled green, the scents of peppermint, rosemary, and verbena wafting up from the ground like fog. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He smelled the scent of it and closed his eyes tightly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He smells of fresh coffee as he leans over and kisses the top of my head. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Abe’s grandma used to have a yard full of flowers you could smell a block away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d gotten the stove going and was melting the snow when I smelled something burning. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heads off to his compartment, taking the smell of wine with him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That he often smelled vaguely of chemicals—that in fact the building as a whole often had a medicinal odor—bothered no one. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You smelled for almost two days, of stale water and rot, and you hated it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and drink in the familiar smell. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

An hour and a half into our trip, the faint smell of salt pours in through the tiny cracks in the bus windows. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was right, everything smelled light and green. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Dad pacing around the room, and I could smell the cigarette smoke coming through the crack under the door. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells faintly of cigarettes and leather, a reassuring smell that reminds me of my grandfather. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She inhaled deeply; the air smelled of rain. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why? The way you smell is my son’s doing, not your own. I am well aware of that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And also by the flicker of light behind Celia, the pungent smell of burning hair, and someone yelling, “YOU’RE ON FIRE!” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The air-conditioning was on, but they drove with the win-dows open as well, because, ".No offense, but you boys really smell bad." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A few wide-winged butterflies soared over our heads, and I knew they could smell the fresh, green scent of the vines too. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can smell the beer even before I get downstairs. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had been many months since she had smelled such fragrance; the jasmine, these days, was reserved for special occasions. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She imagined with longing the warm air and earthy smell of the greenhouse, where she could have worked with Clary, the greenhouse manager, someone she’d known all her life. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Grandmamma," I said, "if it's a dark night, how can a witch smell the difference between a child and a grown-up?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes a delicious smell wafted out of the food compartment as plates were filled. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"No, and you didn't have to. I smelled that out. You got people here in the city?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air coming through the screen is musty and hot—it smells of overripe dates and dung. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Impossible to shut it out, useless to try...the fragrant smell was everywhere. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was that we could see and smell the ocean and the tar, salt, and wood from the wharf. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trees creaking with apples, fallen apples red on the grass beneath, the heavy sweet smell of apples rotting on the ground and the steady thrumming of wasps around them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Full of outlet mail-clad drones who smell like survivors of an Axe body spray tanker truck crash with a school bus,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Beneath the cologne, he smells like a horse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His wavy blond hair gleamed and he smelled clean and fresh from washing and shaving. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hand away and all the sudden I knowed what the odd smell in the stable was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He even smelled right—like oakum and wood shavings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sky thundered in the distance, so I figured maybe the burgers smelled okay. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The smell is overpowering, but I step forward and push the door open a bit. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The air smelled like fresh bread, apples, parcel paper, and string, and I saw rows and rows of wrapped chocolates living behind glass. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He tore out, leaving behind the smell of burnt rubber and the squeal of his tires. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The flat smelled of furniture polish and dogs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Confusing and deceiving, so that the real smells, the smells that mattered, couldn’t be found, however often the cubs put up their heads and reached for them, sniffing in the foul darkness. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was a burning smell; I had a feeling it was my clothes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now he speeded up as he smelled the fresher scent and his blue dorsal fin cut the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could smell witches by their evil thoughts, and it was useless to lie to him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long the smell of fire was everywhere, and outside it looked as if the city were enveloped in a thick fog. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I smelled something inviting in the hallway,” the scythe said, breathing in the aroma. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the spring the smell of white blossoms made Mama smile, and on a hot Alabama day you could almost hide from the sun under its branches. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But all through English for You and Me, the buttery vanilla smell of the cream puffs wafted around the room with the circulating air, and even Mrs. Baker couldn’t help but look at them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You could smell the spices as soon as you got off the trolley,” she would say. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could smell rain coming, but that should pose no problem. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The air smelled clean and earthy, and everything looked crisp and glossed with sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I smelled the raw ozone in the electricity-charged air around me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Aqueous sunlight rippled over the spines of books and the smell of warm dust was everywhere. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It smelled as though scent scientists had engineered it to give off the whiff of walking past a high-end rare book dealer’s shop in Paris or London. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t like that our house always smells like onions and spices, or that Mama runs her catering business out of our kitchen.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I missed Grandpa Ted, but Lolo and Lola comforted me with their stories and hugs, and with the dishes they cooked that made their house smell so good. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The clatter of coins pushed towards me in the metal tray The smell of money on my fingers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studied his face for a moment, picked up a bottle, took out the cork, smelled it, tasted it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thumbed through a stack of papers, enjoying the smell of ink and newsprint. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ghost, already larger than his litter mates, smelled, her, gave her ear a careful nip, and settled back down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ribbons of laughter rose like cooking smells from downstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fruit, but nothing with sugar. Candy, cake, stuff like that. I don’t even like to smell it. Makes me want to throw up.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she smells of her freshly ironed uniform, but then I smell the faint scent of cigarettes and oily food lingering behind her starchy presence. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She had expected it to smell...well, like a boy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I no longer noticed the press of the crowd, nor its unwashed smell for I was no longer there among them, but in a castle in Denmark. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But they went anyway, on summer nights after supper, when the crickets smelled the coolness and started singing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So close, I could smell the soy sauce through his gritted pearly white teeth. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It felt like a pillow, though its smell was strong. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Another oddity was my discovery, one afternoon, of a large copper pot bubbling on the back burner of the stove, a peculiar smell emanating from it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The smell of vinegar and asafetida stung his nostrils, but Estha was used to it, loved it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did indeed smell vilely—like the old chapel at Carfax—and with our previous experience it was plain to us that the Count had been using the place pretty freely. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The hospital smells funny—kind of clean and kind of stuffy all at once. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, Turner thought he could smell sweet grass. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They found the smell of new paint for a grand opening, dinner specials being simmered, sautéed, baked, or fried. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even through the door she can smell him, peppermint, musk, aldehyde. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Negra was the type who smoked joints at midnight in the bathroom, keeping the window open so her parents wouldn’t smell anything. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"They don't smell me. They see me, I think. Something pink, under the trees." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I can smell the sex on her, and my only hope is that she can smell the love on me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Men had a different smell than women, and there was a hint of orange in the air as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The books on the shelf all look old and smell kind of musty. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s even hotter up here, torrid, and the smell of perspiration makes him light-headed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Soon after daylight they began to hear and smell hrududil passing, not so far away as the breadth of a small field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drive up through the meadowy farmlands, with their silos and elms and their smell of cut hay. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The so-called glacier water smelled one way in the bottle and a lot different once it hit a person’s skin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His mother stayed with him for quite a long time, that night, she kept on touching him, asking him things, and when she had gone, the air all around his bed smelled of her smell. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You look much like but smell not like.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the cabin was bright and smelled faintly of smoke. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The air smelled strongly of dampness and moldy rubber, which seemed to him a pleasant, interesting smell. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

These smells are even stronger as I make my way down to the basement. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The leather seat was warm from the sun and had a rich and expensive smell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai smelled a cook fire and a sauce of tomatoes and onions. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have to scrub my hair for hours to get the smell of the spices out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Kaede wanted to stay there forever, with her face buried in Taisin’s hair, but she could still smell the scent of Elowen’s funeral pyre, and she wondered if it would always be with her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Anything to get away from this trash. I hope the smell isn’t sticking to me.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The sweetness mixes with the smell of smoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Malachy said, The horse did his doodoo on the street and there was a smell, and Mam and Dad had to smile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It smelled like the inside of a temple: all burnt things and spices. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Animals are somewhere; he can smell them, but the little house looks empty, if not cast-off completely. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The locker was whitewashed and smelled of carbolic acid. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in the truck, breathing in smells of sunshine on plastic and the pungent sweat pouring from my armpits. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I was greeted by the scent of freshly brewed coffee, a smell as disarming as it was disorienting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yet a part of him was prepared to forgive it if that would bring back those evenings of long ago, when she argued with Master in a living room that smelled of brandy and beer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ferula was waiting for them in their new house, which still smelled of paint and fresh cement and was filled with flowers and platters heaped with fruit, just as Esteban had ordered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a faint, dry smell of herbs, an echo of the pothead smell that always lingered in the dusty corridors of Durbinstall: patchouli oil, clove cigarettes, incense. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even from where Nhamo squatted outside the fence, she could smell the rich aroma of meat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of brewed espresso fills the yard as Abuela and Mami walk around with trays, offering the tiny cups of café. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Eleanor must have been acting too happy when she got home because her mom followed her to the back of the house like she could smell it on her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Everything that could smell like lemon cleaner emitted citrus notes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to remember the smell of her blue waffles in the kitchen. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

While we talked and waited for the souffle to complete its magic rise, the smell of baking chocolate seeped out of the kitchen and filled the house. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And then I crawled into his unmade bed, wrapping myself in his comforter like a cocoon, surrounding myself with his smell. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The maheu smelled delicious, but she wasn’t even slightly tempted to drink it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of the tide pools was strong. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was entirely clean, as Mrs. Klein—a small and tidy woman—would have left it, but it had a stale smell from being shut up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The smell of barbecue sauce was seeping from the window upstairs, seducing the whole hood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He smelled wood smoke and sage in the old man’s clothes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought . . . maybe only just die. Maybe taste not too bad. But I can smell, dead taste, not firm.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind had picked up, and the smell of rain ghosted through the air like dinner cooking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

You could just barely smell the perfume that had once been in there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The stars came up, the ground smelled sweet, and I closed my eyes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I sniffed the air to see if I could see what the air in the garden smelled like. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Usually when he smelled the land breeze he woke up and dressed to go and wake the boy. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can smell the moisture in the air. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The whole place carries the smell of unwashed bodies and tobacco smoke with a faint air of decay. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She could see smells and smell colors and it was all just a little fantastical. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The locker room smelled of new white paint that couldn’t completely mask the odor of sweat that was so much a part of this place. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She even liked the way it smelled, like metal and shoe polish. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she slept a little, but presently she opened her eyes and became aware of the smell of the warm earth and the rough grass against her face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I smell the musky scent of warning from my friend Baron Weasel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell the fruity liquor on her breath. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit that it smells amazing, especially mixed with the smell of the breakfast Pop Pop’s got cooking on the stove. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I thought about the way she smelled like wildflowers and when I kissed her, she tasted gently like berries. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was as if he could smell into the future. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The smell of roasting chillis tickled my nose as we ducked through the narrow doorway into the tiny kitchen at the back of the teashop. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This stink was just the smell of a thousand people jammed into cellars and tunnels that had been dug to shelter no more than a hundred. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hay smelled good and lying in a barn in the hay took away all the years in between. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The animals that used the pool came near and smelled men there and drifted away again into the darkness. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Septa Scolera was thick-waisted and short, with heavy breasts, olive skin, and a sour smell to her, like milk on the verge of going bad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It looked exactly the way L.A. beaches do in the movies, only it smelled worse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The smell was thick in the air, worse than ever before. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The fields were bright and green and the sharp smell of pine trees was in the air. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could smell the last of the heavy, ripe watermelons on the vine in the fields as we passed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The medicine that doctor gave me is very powerful. But what will kill me is that smell.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was sweet with tarts, and some of the berries had boiled over in the oven and burned, making the sharp, bitter-sweet smell pleasant and astringent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew, she could smell die rich scents of grass and earth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘And lighting a fire was dangerous in these parts. But I do feel hungry. Hmm! Can I smell it from here? What have you stewed?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It had something to do with soaking in mud and rubbing with ashes, but her rabbit skins smelled vile when she was finished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed, and the sigh smelled like caramel. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s just, you smell like your daddy and your uncle used to smell. Oh, hand me that bag.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I'd sooner come to grips with that pig. Robb Stark is not half so tender, and he never smelled as good." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Its fur felt like icicles and it smelled like a dead animal, and Seven scrambled away from it as the cuco did the same in the opposite direction. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He steps away from me, and his face is a little more relaxed now, but I can still smell his stank attitude. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She knew moments of homesickness when she longed for the quarter, remembering the old familiar smoky smell of the cabin, the good smell of the earth when it was plowed in the spring. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The post office wasn’t much bigger than Miss Maggie’s chicken coop but smelled far better, despite Mr. Johnson’s cigar. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

People danced and chattered, and she smelled popcorn and beer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talked Jamaica, more song than words, and brought bitter tea to my mouth and made the world smell of lemons and told me to sleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran to him and buried herself in his warmth and the tangy smell of his breath. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nothing on it today, they don’t leave the bodies hanging as long in summer as they do in winter, because of the flies and the smell. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard first a bustling in the front of the jail, and smelled fresh coffee, and had sat up, stiff with apprehension. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the smell that Mr. Jimmy was telling the truth when he said this was the best restaurant in Grand Rapids. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jordan seemed to be suddenly aware of the heat, the smell of the flames, and the fire in Gerald’s eyes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the Michelson-Morley experiments would hover unpleasantly, like a musty smell, in the background of scientific thought. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His breath smelled like spicy sausage and onions. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had no way to explain how I could smell freshly sliced lemons and see citrus-toned musical notes in my mind as it played. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There had been a time during her dying when the noise and the smell of her had made anger rise in Kate so that she considered killing her quickly to get it over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi hung his head, inhaling the smell of coffee wafting off him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They went through a gate and across a concrete yard, and the air smelled thick, with cow dung and silage and straw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In the summer they would sneak out at night and meet in the park, and now the smell of the evening air always reminded her of him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Why you always smell like you walked a thousand miles to get here? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And then—the glory—so that a cricket song sweetens his ears, the smell of the earth rises chanting to his nose, and dappling light under a tree blesses his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That old quiet moss smell would linger in the air, and bees would come, and crickets, and herons build their nests in the deep dark woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Aw, come on, girl. Let’s get out the house. It smells like garlic in here.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can smell traces of him on you, and you haven’t been near him for a week.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Libby’s place was next to Dad’s, and she was loaded with perfume—you could smell it the minute she walked into the house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her eyes open, she sighs and says, “Everything smells so good, Mrs. Hameed. It’s like chicken and mashed potatoes decided to dance a ballet with your spice cabinet. What are you making?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Despite the cold, the front door was wide open, and Maniac could smell the inside before he could see it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was still, and Samuel could smell the day-heated sage. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the beginning of winter break, otherwise known as The Return of Brian, and the off-the-hook smell wafting out of the kitchen has brain-commanded me out of my chair and down the hallway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I get nervous. What if she smells me and I smell bad? What if I have a booger?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The evening air had never smelled so sweet. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Once Fiona came upstairs she wouldn’t be able to overlook the dripping sound of the mess leaking between the boards into the attic, or the smell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He couldn't bear the smell and even carried the things he wanted to eat a little distance away. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that pretty smell, like by the holler creek, where those itty blue flowers grow along the bank.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lightless elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended, turning the boy s stomach sour with nausea; a smell like burnt oil invaded his senses, making him feel worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

The air smelled like the brewery, and the water like human waste. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even the elevator smells of chlorine and has a wet floor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

All of the instruments blended up together and, just like that smell in the library, you couldn’t tell which one was your favorite. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I smell the shaving lotion, the usual kind, the hint of mothballs, familiar enough to me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands had a strange orange color and she had a distinct smell, not unpleasant but very strong. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But before Natalie or Chess could speak, Finn said, “I know Mom smells like apples. Some guy or woman from MIT wouldn’t know that.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I recognized the inmate, but I didn’t realize he smelled worse than everyone else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worse it smells, the better things are going. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had forgotten, too, its terrible smell, the stench of rats, the odor of suffering. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had silver-white hair, and he smelled of cologne. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I see the maggots just as the smell hits. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Smell of them cedar shavings is nice, too, or maybe it’s the smell from Mr. Woodwell’s corncob pipe. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The radiators were giving off that hot iron smell, sort of like a southwest wind that blisters you all o’er. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He could smell fresh-cut hay and alfalfa; their immediate next door neighbor, Eusebio Lavadie, was on a tractor nearby starting his second cutting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tío’s house always smells of old fruit and wet dog, which I don’t understand because Chómpiras has been dead for three years. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Or her smell when she hugged him close. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of wet leaves, and our carved jack-o’-lantern flickered impressively against the shrubbery by the door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I loved the smell of the dirt roads after it rained, and the spicy tamarind candy from the corner store. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The cafeteria has a whole lot of plastic benches and smells like someone spilled a mess of cleaning products on the floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Without the smell of turkey wings mixed with the smell of clean. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He just liked the way moving the clothes set off more puffs of Mom smell. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My mother smells of wild pig and fish,” I say. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It began to seem that the room smelled like cigarette smoke. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t grown up with that smell...the smell of impending snow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ivy got a whiff of her peony body lotion, and it smelled so familiar and nice after the smell of dirt and sweat stuck up her nose for the last few hours. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When the beanbags are back where they belong and the table is clear and smells like the lemon spray Ms. Dale likes to use, she says, “Let’s sit.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She could smell the spicy pine, the dampness of bark after rain, and the exotic fragrance that clung to Sidhean. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fifth Avenue is so on our way! We could accessorize, and monsters, like, totally hate the smell of Givenchy.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The meat gives off a curdled-sweet smell that turns my stomach, but it’s better than going hungry. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

By then the whole house smelled like turpentine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the stagnant air there was a storm smell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain smelled coffee, the lovely smell of cooking chicken. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three weeks after everyone else had left, Bobby was still at the Miramar, just steps from the ocean, surrounded by gardens and palm trees, breathing in the pungent smell of eucalyptus. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The good smell of wet wood rose from the floor, still damp after being scrubbed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sweet scent of fabric softener mixes with the nostril-searing smell of bleach. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She could smell salt in the air, which brought back memories of going to the ocean with Ellie and Sol as a littlie. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I remember how he used to throw up by the side of the road, and his smell of cedar pencils. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia could smell his self-satisfaction from her perch above the clearing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When she returns, she ushers the boys into a wood-paneled office that smells of cigarette smoke. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday morning, as Mia and Pearl crossed into Iowa, Izzy—the smell of smoke still clinging, faintly, to her hair—climbed aboard a Greyhound bus headed for Pittsburgh. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mary was aware of the smell of roasting corn, and the warm smell of the mulefa themselves—part oil, part warm flesh, a sweet horselike smell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I smelled the air coming through the window, churned up by the fan. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same salt smell was in the air, and the water chuckling against the hull was just as he remembered it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Seven knew there was no shame in a cleaning job, but toad sludge smelled horrific and pennies weren’t enough to live or eat on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even the air of the garden was sweet to smell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, but the smell wouldn’t let me forget where I was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was so hungry that the pungent smell of Doritos made me want to hit someone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He sat up and was hit with the smell. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike Miss Preston's, there is no lively chatter or the tantalizing smells of supper. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I could smell pastries and mint soap, crisp and sharp in the cold air. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Wedged among mattresses, bed frames, chests, tables, and stacks of cardboard boxes, a big golden dog panted and lurched around, excited by the smells of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her perfume, if that’s what it was, smelled like grapefruit and peppermint, fresh and clean. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was a smell that all of them would remember as their first smell in Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smells of life and richness, of death and digestion, of decay and birth, burden the air. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. Thank you. Once more, unto the breach,” he said before fading away into blue sparks that smelled vaguely of sulfur. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Enrique smells excrement from goats and his fellow campers, whose bathroom is the surrounding grass. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The smell of the green, standing corn was round them all day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a magical place, alive with music that spilled onto the busy streets from tenement windows and full of colors and smells that filled my senses and made my heart beat faster. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The roses were especially fragrant; their smell hung rich and heavy in the air, mingled with the smell of bergamot, and black China tea, and a faint inky scent of camphor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It smells like the inside of a new car. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The fishing boat glided swiftly over, toward the good cooking smells. “£/” called the woman up to the boat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux smelled the sharp, clean scent of celery as the threadmaster bent his head, took hold of the thread around Despereaux's neck in his sharp teeth, and pulled on it hard. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Whenever I smell cooking like that, it makes me want to go right into that house and eat along with them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I smell snow,” said Jane, as they got out of the Bus. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted them to care about the smell of a spice or the taste of a new kind of salt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, the smell of mustiness coated everything like a thick layer of bad cologne. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It felt wonderfully cool, but the smell leaked through her filters and made her throat sting. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quail egg Runt had brought was smaller, its speckled shell flecked with dried grass, and it smelled gamier than the ones his humans ate. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to be away from the smell of the troll, quite apart from anything else. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He lifted his nose up close to smell it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room smelled of pecans, must, and mouse. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘I mean, for instance, you make any comment to those two-headed guys about the way they smell and . . . oh.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But there are things you don't question too much, I guess, when your home always smells like baking bread, whereas Gale questions everything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Which smells like pine mixed with a little bit of truck exhaust. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I went inside and looked around, Mother, and I could smell nothing except paint.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the beast padded forward and sniffed at the captive knight, every man in that hall could smell the scent of fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Holly could smell its fetid breath through her filters. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"I know this wood as well as any man alive, and I tell you, I wouldn't care to ride through it alone tonight. Can't you smell it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He says, “Something smells good,” gives Rosemarie a kiss on the cheek, and sits down across from me, unfolding his napkin. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The smell's enough to curl up a crocodile's nose, especially in the summer. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well. Just be careful of him. I imagine he can smell a son of Neptune a mile away. Out you go, now. Good luck!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She could not smell the smoke, but she heard the glass shatter and the pop and crackle of the wood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled into the parking lot, went inside, and took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the old familiar smells of cardamom, turmeric, and cumin. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The air smells like dirt and apples, and I try not to breathe it too loudly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How musty they smell! When we come back, we’ll hang them out in the sun.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she smelled the scent of pine burning: a spicy, woodsy scent from a campfire. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he ran back down the stairs to the kitchen to pick up his backpack and hug his grandmother, breathing her kitchen smell—it would have to hold him through the long day—and left. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but you know I can smell Jazz's cooking through the wall," Noodles said, slurping and making the face that got him that nickname. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He smelled like he always did—like laundry detergent—but she could also make out the traces of a new cologne. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sweet smell of liquor rose from the sticky cement floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Where do I begin telling strangers about a place whose smell is on my skin and whose memory is always in my head? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The smell that came up wasn’t what I’d expected—not of death, but mold and old dirt. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of the hay, the shift of animals in their stalls, the nickering of the horses brought back memories of Novyi Zem. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pax thought back to the vehicles that had passed the day before, the ones that smelled like his boy’s father’s new clothing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One of them says, “Man, Mercedes’s breath smells worse than your shoes!” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of death and pain lingered in the blood-swabbed decks. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As I lean my head back, the world drifts away, tinged by the smell of Freon and Cadillac leather. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Recognizing her smell, he said, “I’m sorry I woke you, Nali.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For warming up beans and frying sausages for lunch while my people lie in the attic and smell it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Beetle soon acquired a new name, the midwife’s apprentice, and a place to sleep that smelled much better than the dung heap, though it was much less warm. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of mint suddenly turned my stomach. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Best of all were the rich, familiar smells of garlic and onion and the lilting cadence of Spanish spoken by the dark-eyed waiters, who reminded Sandi of her uncles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It’s no surprise when he wakes early to a new smell coming from downstairs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"He probably likes you because you smell like a girl." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As we stood in line to board, Grover started looking around, sniffing the air like he smelled his favorite school cafeteria delicacy—enchiladas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so odd not to smell the fresh, earthy, nutty smell that I’ve grown to associate with my grandparents. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He could smell the spray, salt moistness, being driven ahead of the storm—it must be a storm. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So if it smells like whiskey, maybe it’ll taste enough like it to get Sheriff Dean off your back.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He smelled the blood, he heard the bleating— “What was that?” said Father. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the manor house there was always a faint smell from the oil lamps that were lit every evening—for there was no electricity. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I take an exaggerated deep breath in, inhaling the smell of rain in the desert. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So his horse can be watered, but where are the other animals he smells but does not see or hear? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the kitchen smelled of lemons and spices, fresh bread and soap. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The room smells of old cigarette smoke, old rubber, the worn intimacy of cloth too long against flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is a treacherous smell, and I know I must shut it out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking into the schoolhouse, I smelled the familiar chalky air. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And there was the smell of seaweed, the noise of the lonely wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charley never got dry, and smelled as though he were mildewed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could smell the fragrance wafting up from the wine: honey, peaches, flowers in midsummer, as intoxicating as first love. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And mixed with the smell of flowers there was this other smell so that she couldn’t stay in the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

No one was bothering about the smell anymore. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With our faces pressed closely together, I can smell his skin. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Taylor drew back in frosty reproach, as if Longstreet’s hand smelled badly of fish. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bad coffee was dumped on Ball’s Wharf, where it putrefied in the sun and sent out a powerful odor that could be smelled over a quarter mile away. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He follows behind me, and I can smell him, a mix of cologne and sweat. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The smell of sandalwood and cloves enveloped them like a soft, unfurling curtain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is steamy, and smells of marrow fat and stewing bones. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The police car smelled of hot plastic and aftershave and take-away chips. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It means nobody will be able to live here on account of the smell. A rotten egg is a regular stink bomb.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was a wet dank smell in her nostrils.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Just smell quiet, Todd,” he barks, then he starts barking louder, “Quiet! Quiet!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were rough but cool, and smelled faintly of lavender. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason holds up a bag of food, grinning at me as the smell of fries from my favorite diner a block away from our school wafts down the hallway, trying to reel me in. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Inside, the air was pretty thick too, filled with that sweet waxy smell of candles burning. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Underground air always smells like monsters. Probably doesn’t mean anything.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then there's a fish course that smells like something died, yet all those fine gentlemen and ladies gobble it up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He couldn't think what was missing, until at last he realized that there was no smell of fish in it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

A breath of cold, dank air met me, the smell of an old musty cellar shut away from sunlight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fall in—the smell will never wash away!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angel smiled, then inhaled quickly, as if suddenly remembering a bad smell. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sit­ting in the dark next to Hassan, I had always wondered if it was true what I’d read, that sea air smelled like salt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell my own sweat from my folded places. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been looking for you since I woke. You have the smell of trouble all around you. And you know you’re not allowed to go out here, into the living world.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“You smell like peaches or something,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The smell was pungent, like opening a fridge that contained a rotting animal. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I shrug on one of his sweatshirts so I can carry the smell of him with me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she came close, Frank could smell jasmine shampoo. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He felt it, then smelled it, then actually tasted it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have smelled pretty good, because the leopards raced after it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stood on the Talbots’ patio, blinking in the sunlight, breathing in the smell of fresh air and danger. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Offices smell of carbon paper, or cigar smoke, or brandy, or perfume. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was hard to breathe when the air smelled this bad. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She could find the kitchens by their smell, tell men from women by their scents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The mumbling old voice evoked the clank of chains, the horror of thirst, the black smell of death, below deck in the hold of a slave ship. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about how he told me I smelled like fertilizer. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The tunnel smelled even older than the passageway, and it was clear it hadn’t been used for a very long time. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From above came the sounds of approaching footsteps and men’s voices, and the smell of a burning white stick. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she rubbed me all over with some liniment that burned like fire and smelled like a civet cat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They smelled the delicious, buttery sweet bread smells from Castleman’s Bakery before they saw the storefront. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Looking at it made me smell rubber all over again. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

His breaths come faster and so do mine, and I taste the lemon-syrup-fizz we just drank and I smell the wind on his skin and all I want is more, more. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Often the Abboud family drove around on slow Sunday evenings with their car windows wide open to “smell the air.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She made the sort of face you do when something smells bad. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he smelled like a ton of garlic. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He kept imagining he could smell her close by: the scent of lemon flowers and wood shavings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The smell of last year’s oak leaves filled the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was up by Fayge’s side, she could smell a scent on her hair and dress, like roses and wood shavings after a long rain. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a cold, smoked smell that chilled my lungs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a dry smell and a feeling of protection. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The ether smell that surrounded him like a cloud had lulled me back to sleep. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It smells like—” She had a way of stopping her sentences in the middle. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how he always smelled like coffee and he leaned forward and listened to every word when I told him a story. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The smell of sharp, acrid smoke, not of gentle hearth fires, but of the flames of destruction, followed them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made coffee in the coffeepot because we remembered how our old house had smelled like it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of rotten bodies and gunpowder. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

You must not let him smell your fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a smell of damp leaves and moss, and everywhere the splash of water went whispering about. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a distinct smell—sweet and fresh, like sage and lemongrass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s an off day when I don’t get somebody telling me how edible I smell.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I remember the smell of crushed ferns in the creel and the delicate sweet odor of fresh damp rainbow trout lying so prettily on the green bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Caddy smelled like trees and like when she says we were asleep. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two hours later, when the van finally pulled into the Second Chance Ranch, Fred could actually smell the nearby ocean. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then come outside, the monster said, and even in his room, Conor’s nose filled with the moist smell of earth and wood and sap. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her father’s clothes smell of straw; his fingers reek of oil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And he smelled the fresh smell of the fields and when he came to his own land he rejoiced in it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The death serum smells like smoke and spice, and my lungs reject it with the first breath I take. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The dead men had their own smell too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A wind came in off the harbor, bringing the smell of the sea, ruffling the stray hairs that had escaped the braided coil at the nape of Inej’s neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The woods were deathly still, more forbidding than I had ever seen them—green and black and stagnant, dark with the smells of mud and rot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was hungry, obviously, and looking for the source of the smell that had drawn him in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of our training session my ears are ringing, my arms are sore, and I smell like gunpowder, but I have hit the mark three times. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was an old wicker one of Granddaddy’s with hardly any fishy smell left. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even his underwear smelled like puke, and once everything was off, he was embarrassed to have been in the car with Lily in that state. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Up close she smelled like oranges and boat varnish. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The smell of the bacon cooking soon fetched Duck up from the hold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She could smell his skin, could see the wounds on his shoulder up close. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I smelled her soap on the back of her neck. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It smells delicious. Marigold loved the one you made her, you know.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I've learned not to take too deep a whijf when mucking out the barn, but most of the smells are good, wonderful, and hopeful, if smells can be such a thing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide and manic, his shirt was untucked, and a cluster of pimples that reminded me of the constellation Andromeda dotted his forehead, but he still smelled like summer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the clothes smelled like a hospital, perhaps from being stored in mothballs. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I smell it and imagine a pale pink center, the seeds tightly embedded in the flesh. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The city was alive with shopping and sightseeing, smells of steaming hot dogs and salty pretzels on every block. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In the room, a female graduate student evidently immune to the smell sat working on a spectrograph, an instrument for measuring electromagnetic radiation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Always. The smell of those French fries is killing me.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Bran felt his stomach twist at the smell of him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It smells musty. Arthur, you will have to open that window, in spite of the cold.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell looked to me, but I just did the same thing as Mong, stood against the fence, a ways down from him so I didn’t have to smell his puke. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hetera smelled vaguely of cinnamon, and at nine years old I found her fascinating without exactly knowing why. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had heard that dogs could smell fear, even detect changes in a human’s breathing and heartbeat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ugwu smelled the harshness of local gin as he lowered himself next to the boy and thought that perhaps he was a stunted man and not a boy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For many years to come, the smell of revolt, of roadblocks and massacres, would be an abiding odor in Haiti and in Ophelia’s life and Paul’s. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of the black soil brought down from the mountains to make Tía Mimi's giant ferns grow tall. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The broken body of the old man withered more and more, but when the smell of harvest and the hunt came with October, his spirit seemed to quicken his dragging step. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some jape about the smell of freedom, he guessed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Silence filled the great room like an embarrassing smell. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Partly because his rancid smell was now up close and personal. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And just like he didn’t want that fishy smell all in his clothes, he also didn’t want his mom all in our business, which she was always trying to be in. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The cushions of the sofa were remarkably lumpy and smelled like old newspapers; and the chair pad Mae had given her for a pillow was thin and hard, and rough under her cheek. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, in her wild- girl state, she could not resist the smell of him, and so she inched carefully forward, put her face to his neck and inhaled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of leaves and the cool wind from the stream hugged me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smells amazing, and it’s only six dollars. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She watched them clean and gut it and build a cookfire on the far side of the stream, and the smell of cooking meat mingled queerly with the stench of corruption. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I asked you to steer clear of the nest because the birds won’t fly to it if they see you—not smell, but actually see you near it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I could hardly breathe for the smell of incense and the mustard oil burning in the hundreds of little lamps. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I froze when I smelled the familiar cologne and cigarettes, wondering what I should do. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

By the time they had finished settling in, they could smell food cooking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The proprietor had just lighted a hanging oil lamp which gave off an unclean but friendly smell. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He didn't ask to have every single thing in his life smell like fingernail polish. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t even that babies cried or smelled or spit up or anything like that. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mama smelled like the hay the mattresses were stuffed with. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t thought of her smell since she died. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The smell of sweet cherry filled the air. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Three days later the smell of rotting meat infected every shop in the city. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So too were the smells of chorizo and scrambled eggs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I got home, Mommy placed the quart of milk he sold me on the table, opened it up, and the smell of sour milk filled the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smells of the sea and the strawberry fields wafted on the breeze. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It came to my olfactory sense, full and fresh, overwhelming: the smell of vegetation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air smells of lilac or mown grass or burning leaves, depending on the season. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of rotting flesh had become unbearable in the hot car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t all that hungry, but the smells from the restaurants we passed would fill the streets. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, smell it. Seriously? You don’t smell the rain? It’s beautiful.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Yew trees grow in graveyards cause the Devil hates the smell of yew, Mr. Broadwas told me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If the dish smelled especially choice, he would send it to one of the lords on the dais, a gesture of friendship and favor that Maester Luwin told him he must make. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The pilau there, such a lovely smell, and it has roasted nuts in it—or no, I think the fritters will last longer....” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smells, but the migraine is fading away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The smell had been enough to turn her into a vegetarian. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His queasy stomach fills with worry and the smell of the basement, and Frank’s papers on the floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Break free of the skin-seeping smell of people who are more than happy to be trapped here. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her room was much the same as before save that today it smelled of cinnamon, not lavender. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I stepped deeper into the room, unpleasant smells flooded the air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And it smelled funny too—kinda like medicine mixed with the stuff that Mama used to clean the floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hug her back and smell the hair grease and the fruity lotion she uses all in one. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You can smell the Cape buffalo around here, eh? Mingi buffalo.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blew paint out my nostrils and, when I breathed, it smelled like latex and cut grass. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was pitch-black and smelled horrible: Harry had just made out a chamber pot protruding from under the bed before Bathilda closed the door and even that was swallowed by the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

R.C.’s free was red and he smelled like stale beer. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was so close that Malcolm could smell his skin, which was redolent of mud, and fishes, and weeds. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Palmer smelled something too, something about his father when he would return from Pigeon Days. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Squabs are lacquered with rose jelly, the smell of their crackling skin enough to make my mouth water and my stomach clench. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What the virus did to that boy ... the devastating effect on that boy’s tissues . . . oh, man!—oh, man!—Pete and I smelled this stuff. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dirty, she smelled, and when she wrung the cloth, dark water spilled out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The fragile balance depends on things we’ll never be able to see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can smell dinner cooking and realize we’ve been out canvassing all day and I’m getting hungry. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But a good smell came from the covered basket Brother Luke carried, and he was hungry. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The smoke was foul; it had a sickening, fetid smell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soup is possible to eat if he doesn't stop to smell it, doesn't stop to think about his grandmother's soup, her thick beef-and-barley soup, and the crusty bread to sop up the hearty broth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even in here, Ghost can smell his stink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Charlie seemed suspicious when he came home and smelled the green peppers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was the same cool green light from the canopy, the same refulgent smell, the same awe-inspiring sense of variety. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her silence and the noises and smells from the kitchen made him feel claustrophobic. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The floor was gray tile, and the giant space smelled like the inside of a metal can. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As I had just that once before, I smelled his cool breath in my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her smell, the smell of his girls, was faint now, replaced by rain and the beginnings of mildew. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The air was heavy and wet, smelled like seaweed and salt. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like him, they dressed shabbily, looked dirty, smelled bad, and were desperate for food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“This brings us to the valley I told you about,” said Maxim,“and you shall smell the azaleas. Never mind the rain, it will bring out the scent.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we got back to the pink house in the woods, it smelled sweet again, because Betty Allen was baking another one of her seventeen cakes. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She smelled strong as a whole perfume store. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We were so close I could smell his soap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He smelled like their kitchen and her mother and her siblings and himself all mixed together. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

All the smells that should have dissipated on the wind were held in, close. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

By the time the story was done, the smells of good food had been coming from the kitchen for a long time. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our next-door neighbors’ names, the way the house smelled, what school was like, the holidays, the taste of icing on birthday cakes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It smells of mothers; although my own mother did not make bread. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strong, stinging smell came from that place. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He smells farther away,” the Cyclops moaned to the dog. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He says, “Nice work, Butt-head. My dog smells. Like your sweat. Like he is coated in it.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

There was a tin box half full of tea bags in the pantry—my mother’s, not exactly fresh, but they smelled all right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She smelled the thick bit of punk which was given gratis with each purchase and which, when lit, smoldered for hours and was used to set off the firecrackers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the difference still eludes you, mentally substitute a pair of words less likely to be confused: Josh ran the race honestly; afterward, he looked honest and he smelled honest. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wisp of steam escaped the pot's spout, and she found that she could smell it, spicy and floral amid the earthier scents of the river. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The smell of gas and cut grass tangled in the air. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A hot breeze seemed to conjure up exotic smells and faces of colorful people. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The smell of the thick cream made him a little ill, but he forced himself to eat some. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It smelled much worse in here than in the real crazy old man upstairs’s flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“It smells good in here,” said Louisiana in a dreamy voice. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It smelled of old feet and moldy onions, so he breathed through his mouth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He released her slim, long fingers, passed through the spacious apartment to the living room, which smelled faintly of last night’s cigarettes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I colored it myself today. I was at the drugstore buying ice—did you know that I only like store-bought ice? Homemade ice tastes funny and makes my tea smell strange.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can smell what the priest had for lunch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When Papa came in to kiss us good night, I could smell the rosewater on his lips from dessert. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if maybe my house smelled anything like me to Bo. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Taisin: the warmth and the smell of her skin; the pleasure of her kisses. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was unpretentious, masculine, decorated with a nautical motif, and had a constant smell of fried bacon about it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was always cool, even in the summertime, and it smelled like the dried apples in flour sacks hanging above them from the rafters. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was growing up, it was still in business. It was huge and had these great wooden banisters and old wood floors. Everything smelled of wood.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Wild-eyed, with the terror of rat smell in its nostrils, the horse plunged ahead without any driver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sherm became aware of the sound of the radio in the kitchen and the smell of his grandmother’s coffee, and beneath that, he felt his grandmother’s satisfied presence, which never changed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a fine place, noisy and full of smells. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

TaShon is filthy and he smells like he wet the bed. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tiny pebbles scratched my cheeks and nose, and I choked on the smell of tar and rubber. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She looks at me as if I smell of rotting cabbage. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The room is starting to smell too, like dirty people. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It had a fresh and somewhat spicy smell. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The air in the room was full of the sweet, cloying smell of whiskey, and every corner was heaped with mementos of trips to England and South Africa. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Leaves out of the elf-country, gah! They stinks. He climbed in those trees, and he couldn’t wash the smell off his hands, my nice hands.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I suppose so,” she said, sniffing the flower, which smelled of rain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Some afternoons he leaves Marie-Laure in the laboratory of Dr. Geffard, an aging mollusk expert whose beard smells permanently of damp wool. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The flowers of Tartarian honeysuckle have no smell. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night air felt clean on my skin and it smelled like wet sand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The vinyl seats smelled stale and moldering and were littered with bits of caramel popcorn and skeins of hair and dried-up splatters of soda. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes out the mug, plops in a tea bag that smells like lemons, glances at the clock, and says, “Come, on, Lia. Upstairs.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The silence in the arena smelled of fear. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now I know why Flannery used the line She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She poured another inch of wine, realizing for the first time that the house smelled different, too. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled of baseball, and the last cut of grass, and leaves drying out but still holding on. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He shoved a hood over her head, and the musty smell filled her nostrils. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And he could smell the salty musk of an ocean. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He ran the water in the sink, soaking the knife and the cutting board, and rubbed a lemon half along his fingertips to get rid of the garlic smell, a trick he’d learned from Shoba. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I don't smell anything except the lotion I rub into my grandfather's hands. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Momma must’ve just done laundry, because my sheets smell like Tide. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Now, in his eagerness to hear his news, the guano smell seemed almost welcome. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped that they never smelled of sea salt, that they never heard the urgings of the ocean, that they were so lonely that being a stranger in them hardly mattered. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had been unpopular because he was stupid and fat and mean, and smelled like bacon no matter how much he washed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This pillow smelled like long lonely years full of bleach. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Axel slips on his Crocs and follows the smell down the stairs to find another surprise. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was no smoke, no gunpowder smell, absolutely no sound at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I woke on the quilt next to Nell, I smelled her, then realized she was soaking wet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sight and smell, which work well for mammals on the land, are not of much use in the depths of the ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was still August, the air already had the smell of October, football season, piles of yellow-red leaves, everything crisp and clean. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carmine smells as lovely as a custard, the solid weight of him so comforting it makes me teary. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But of course, she’s waiting at the bottom of the stairs, probably so she can smell me for sunscreen. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The attractive smell he’d noticed had not been the smell of human flesh—he had no interest in that. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

After the longest time, I could smell water and Mr. Leroy eased up some on Jingle Boy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The smell of cooking hangs in the air. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’d still smell like her as long as nobody washed them, right? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the smell, the room he stood in now was clean and neat with no evidence of bugs, dead or otherwise. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the strong flower smell getting to her head, but something felt really off. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was the smell of thousands of onions, growing and rotting and sprouting. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Commons smelled like wet clothes, everything dark and subdued. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were all so hungry that when we smelled the corn and lentils cooking, our bodies just couldn’t wait. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For two days now, her sense of smell has been incredibly acute. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He smelled the money and put it in his pocket. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The smell of hay thickened in the air as Koffi neared the temple's stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Everything hung there in that hot, sweet smell while I waited for her to say something back. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You can smell their mess,” the other night rider said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I marched straight into August’s room, a room filled with the smell of beeswax. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran could smell the distant winter on the air—a mixture of night-mist and crisp darkness and the tang of fallen leaves. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wonton soup smells wonderful with delicate sprigs of cilantro floating on top. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like being licked by a happy dog, but one that smelled like peanuts. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A fox roasts over a fire, and my mouth waters at the smell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The salty smell that she had grown accustomed to was now overwhelming. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how bad the food looks, or smells, you best keep your mouth shut. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And every day, as he came near to it, he would lift his small pointed nose high in the air and sniff the wonderful sweet smell of melting chocolate. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He smelled vaguely of some tropical fruit I couldn’t quite recognize. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All had the same rich, opulent smell as Cowslip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can smell it. I can find it...I can find it...” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Have a good day, children. And if you’re late to class, don’t worry about it. Take time to smell the roses...and whatever else might be rotting in the hallways.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The place smells distinctly of incense, which doesn’t at all match everything else. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She smelled like ripe plums, which suited her. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Basically, what happens is that your breath literally smells like a rotting corpse. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She smelled like Ivory soap and her sweet orange hair pomade, and I breathed deep to try and relax. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I needed to walk there in the fresh air, just to get the smell of banking out of my nostrils. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think I can still smell Olga in the sheets, but it’s probably all in my head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The streets in San Jose smelled like Maryam flowers, and as we walked the mile to the market, she pointed out other plants and foliage that she thought were beautiful. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

On rainy days, the room smelled musty and dank from all the coats hanging in the back, soaking wet from their owners having walked miles in the rain to get there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It smelled like fire, woodsmoke in a can, and it seared my throat as it went down. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I don’t think so. It’s quite clean, look, and it doesn’t smell....Must be an overflow or summing.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I still remember the smell of the South. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow I knew that the incense would never quite get the smell out. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened a PayDay, and the smell of peanuts and caramel, which I usually loved, made me feel sick. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the fact that he must depend on that red tie seemed to be the sum of the impending disaster; he could almost smell it, feel it above the throbbing of his head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we leave our motel room early in the morning, the air outside smells like snow, even though there isn’t a cloud in the sky. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I felt like what she was telling me was real important, but the trees were so green, and I could smell the grass near my face. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell the roses from my window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The smell followed her around the kitchen like it was on a leash, a combination of allspice, fresh earth, and rotten leaves. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a loud explosion and the smell of burnt cloth as the hole in Katie’s apron smoldered. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were little bits of curled red paper all over the place and the sharp smell of firecrackers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odors of sweat, tobacco, coffee and damp stone surrounded us, overladen always by the smell of fish and nearby salt water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can remember the smell of the turned earth, the plump shapes of bulbs held in the hands, fullness, the dry rustle of seeds through the fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mosquitoes, gnats, and flies followed the wagon, drawn by the smell of the sweating children and horses. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could even smell the blue of the sky. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

A door opened and I could smell it more than ever, and a head came out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wet wool smells like first grade, walking to school on a cold morning with my milk money jangling in the tips of my mittens. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he smelled a gentle fragrance of lavender and sage. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was a smell, a fire very different from ours, pungent, painful as thistles to the nose. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’ll be empty and I can sit there for a few minutes in peace, surrounded by the comforting smell of oil paints. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The sights, sounds, and smells of the Sunderbans were as much a part of him as his dark skin and curly black hair. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled of sulfur and the water looked muddy and diseased. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Liyana liked the way he smelled—like Poppy’s old bottle of English Leather. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sat there happily with his parents, thinking of nothing, content with the warmth and the smell of frying food. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I swear it smelled like natural gas and pu-erh tea when it ruptured, which was weird and gross. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There’s not a hint of rain in the air, and someone in the valley must have their fireplace going, because I can smell it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My nose wrinkled at the smell of vinegar coming from the woman. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls have breasts and a drowsy, powdery, hot-day smell; the skin of their faces is slippery-looking, slick with oily juice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he had become a formless, unidentifiable heap of something that smelled of rot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The guy really smells bad. Usually he sits at the back table there. I don’t know why he didn’t today.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells of maybe weed and alcohol both. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Something very powerfuL” “And the smell of death,” Nico added, which made me feel a whole lot better. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Yet there was this heavy spice-sweet smell that made you think of the East and striped tents and the sha-sha-ska of leg bracelets. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can smell her breath, which is worse than the rag, and I feel the silence behind all these words. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The house was exactly like ours only flipped backwards, with the same smell of new paint and clean carpets. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I could smell the warm pine scent of hair tonic. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was the only one who ever got close enough to smell the mint and lived to tell of it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Her face was scrunched up like she’d just smelled sour milk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Thick dust crunched beneath their feet, and Harry’s nose detected, underneath the dank and mildewed smell, something worse, like meat gone bad. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he woke up in the hospital again, the smell of ether was gone and Dunbar was lying in pajamas in the bed across the aisle maintaining that he was not Dunbar but afortiori. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I usually live for pizza, but even the smell was making me nauseous. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I stand in Erin’s room, and it still smells like her. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant; the coffee had warmed me up, and the smell of flowers on the night air was coming through the open door. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a sweet yet bad kind of smell. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled of sweat and the musty odor of clothes that had been left too long in the washing machine before going into the dryer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was a chill in the air and a little, fresh wind, and the cold, quiet smell of autumn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

What happened to the people he smelled out? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out there, with clear running water on each side, it was deliciously fresh after the smell and heat and noise of Tashbaan. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It’s dark and dank, and I don’t like the way it smells. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The scent of pine and what I imagined the bottom of a lake would smell like filled the room. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When I get home from work, it’s one-thirty in the morning and I can smell something weird the minute I walk down the hall to my bedroom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The curtains on the street side of the house are closed, and the living room is cast in a reddish hue that seems to suit the heat and the smell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day he could smell the pale, almost blue clay the old women used for plastering the walls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bakery down the street smelled pretty wonderful too, but he doubted Reyna would let him get an order to go. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was almost positive the smell would bring back some sort of pleasant memory, but nothing came. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was surrounded by starched backpacks and stiff denim and kids who smelled like fresh plastic. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I peek inside my parents’ bedroom, and the sour smell nearly knocks me over—a mix of unwashed hair, gas, and sweat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A thin, acrid smell of petroleum hung in the air. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You smell nice,” she says as she rests her cheek against my shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet and comfortable and smells like opportunity. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She nuzzled his neck and smelled his milky, powdered scent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He holds it under his nose to smell it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He could smell the foaming flood water, stagnant and ripe with the rotting debris it carried past each village, sucking up their sewage, their waste, the dead animals. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The night air was crisp and smelled faintly of salt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before, the space had smelled like a summer thunderstorm; now it smelled as if every flower in existence had been distilled into a perfume. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lunch was yam porridge, the smell wafting around the house even before we went to the dining table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled sizzling catfish skin and vegetable dumplings and the human odors of too many bodies living too close together. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I caught the familiar smell of her feet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of her perfume would wake me as soon as she walked in, and then comfort me back to sleep. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as he got inside, he noticed a strong smell of paint. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And Metatron was close now, close enough to smell the perfume of her hair and to gaze at the texture of her skin, close enough to touch her with scalding hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

An SS officer had come in and, with him, the smell of the Angel of Death. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom wouldn’t let me out of the house ever again if she smelled beer on my breath when I got home. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The smell of rosemary was back, filling my nose with a memory that felt both ancient and new. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The smells of the roasted animals made my mouth water. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The air had a smell in it like autumn. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The way it smelled of car exhaust and sweet fruit. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The smell and the feel of the slick wood against his cheek reminded him of his schooldays. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Inside it’s dark and smells like cigarettes and mints. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Later with the end of this rain will come the sweet smell of honeysuckle but for now, there is only the sky opening and my father's tears. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even its smells were comforting; he hadn’t noticed that before. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He went without a shirt but something about the wood smoke smell on him kept die insects from bothering him as he walked to the berry patch. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our car always smelled of pickles and mustard from all the fast food we ate in it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The grass lay crisply cut and smelled like a creek bank. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I think she’s figured out that this smells a lot like the Ace of Clubs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Enclosed in glass, all he could smell was himself. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A smell that stirred something in his brain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everything else melted away except for the taste, the smell, the feel of the fruit on my tongue. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

To filter the smell, I pull the scarf tightly over my nose and mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be cool, be nice, answer the bug. He wants to know ‘Smells what so good, smells what?’ Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the happy smells that meant summer and fun. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I smell gasoline,” I added, surprised through the haze in my brain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The stairs to the roof smell like old paint. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could smell wild flowers growing in the weeds and grass beside the road, and he heard the big bumblebees and the smaller bees sucking the blossoms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she said, “Today I want you to write about the strongest smell you ever experienced.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My sister’s bed still smells like her—fabric softener, lavender lotion, and her warm and sweet human scent I can’t describe. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were pale and slender-stemmed, of a type I had seen before, steaming in a red wine sauce that smelled of coriander and rue. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was the same chicken we'd had all week, but with all the spices she added, she could make the soup smell and taste like something new and draw me to the kitchen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We high-fived each other as we approached the village market, and our stomachs growled as the smell of palm oil wafted from cooking huts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The policewoman sucked on a butterscotch Life Saver—I could smell it—and typed everything I said into the computer. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

So what if the smell slapped you in the face when you came through the door? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His rotten fish smell was awful, but I held on. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His earliest recollection was of great branches of lilac, standing in white jars, and they filled the house with a wistful, poignant smell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of spices nauseated him, as did the sight of soup, of food. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they arrived back at their home nestled beneath the peaks and craters of the sleeping volcano and wrapped in the lush smell of the swamp, Glerk stood at his full height, waiting for them. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The wind smelled fresh and salty, but it carried a strange metallic scent, too—as if a thunderstorm were coming. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry I make you so angry. My sisters say the same thing, and also complain about the smell of my feet." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It roared across the cay again, seeming even lower this time because the rush of wind from it was hot I could smell exhaust fumes. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up through the hole came the smell of damp clay, and something else, an acrid tang like sour vinegar. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And Uncle Shepsel, propped on his elbow, was pointing at me and saying, “Why is he sleeping here? He smells.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They mean the smell of dust and grass on a baseball diamond, the first fresh sea breezes that come all the way inland from Long Island Sound, all the maples decked out in green-gold leaves. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The coach smelled faintly of mold and straw. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nelson’s face was bigger than a candle right in my face and I could hear the good way he smelled. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to resist him, but he’s stronger than me, and anyway he smells great and I don’t want a fight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Let him come to us,” Ritchie says with a smirk, and I can smell it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His room smelled like certain areas of Central Park, down by the lake, where white guys with dreadlocks played bongos. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“A smell in the air, a warm, wet smell. If you sniff you can still smell it, though it’s not so strong now.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The air was warm and rich with sweet smells. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The smell of hair- spray and perfume, of cheap cigars, and the slow ticking of watches. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a lovely smell from the dinner can, boiled bacon and cabbage and two big floury white potatoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was squishy, and as soon as I smelled it I knew. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And they could smell the frying of good bacon from the doctor’s house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the hymn Digory felt someone plucking at his elbow and from a general smell of brandy and cigars and good clothes he decided that it must be Uncle Andrew. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A second later I feel a hand on my shoulder and smell cedar and wind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I smell . . . could it be? Yes, most definitely it is. Soup. How strange. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He smells of peppermint LifeSavers; underneath that is his ordinary smell, of cedarwood lead pencils and wet sand. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He saw and felt and heard and smelled her all over again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ohhh. I smell too. Mama, heat me some water. I need a bath. A long one. We got any bath salts left? Oh, Lord, my head. Look at that.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of street struggles to get its hands on me, but I shrug it off and walk on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The air had a strange smell to it, too—maybe the space behind the bookcase was full of dead centipedes and millipedes and pill bugs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In Langston Hughes’ words I can smell that earthy clay in the front yard. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I think about going in my room now, but it smells like the inside of an old lunch bag in there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had just washed everything, seeming to sharpen the plants’ smells. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the air hangs the unmistakable smell of rubbing alcohol and stale flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks of that same smell one night in December, just before Christmas, the night of the winter dance. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Hazel didn’t know if her father’s Underworld palace had a cafeteria for zombies, but if it did, that cafeteria would smell like Sciron’s feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then the taste...It was like the smell, but stronger, sweeter, firmer. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had both wanted, and not wanted, to go to the market, sensing that the place would hold all kinds of new terrors for him, sounds and fears and smells. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In his room the walls and floor had a wet, sour smell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It smelled like the Mercy Seat meetin’-house picnic held every summer. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell the pickles in my pocket. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She had smell and touch and taste to help her, but touch and taste could be perilous when grinding poisons, and with some of the waif’s more toxic concoctions even smell was less than safe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The smell of life,” the captain said proudly when I once asked him about the stench. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Pax smelled the war-sick’s sweat, their cordite, their motor fuel, their charred fields. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Terror comes back; I smell vomit and bleach. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We don’t look back, but I know it’s him, because I can smell the sweet cologne his aunt makes him wear. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The air was stale and smelled of sandwiches and coffee. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath in and caught a new scent, ozone, the smell that always preceded rain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Saints, this smells,” she grumbled, shuffling over and assembling a nest of the few other pelts and blankets beside the fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The air smelled fresher than it had in a long time, almost green and full of life. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He dreamed it again and again, sinking and rolling with the light blue sheets twisted around his thighs and ankles, and the excitement of wet smells of rain, and their sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was close enough so that her knee was his whole view of things, and he smelled the salt on her skin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, that was how we came to say a child was killed by Buffo: “He smelled the mint.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

My painting is of sometime in July, when the pine needles on the forest floor will smell sweet and hot. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to admit that I had in fact liked his holding me or that I had liked his smell or the hard heart-beating, so I said nothing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the doctor arrives, I remember his foreign voice and nice smell. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds and the smells are very familiar, but there's nothing to see. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a smell I smell in those dreams. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The smell of the beeswax was strong, pleasant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing I recognize. Kind of a musky smell. Nothing I’m going to chase, either.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid still had the smell of it in his nostrils from the night when they had shut him up in the sheds. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was no mistake about their being white; he could smell it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell a faint odour of something medical on him which I couldn’t identify. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells like the Boys and Girls Club—rubber balls, oiled wood, a whiff of mildew, and the tangy sweat of playing. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The air on the way to Madame Ruelles bakery smells of myrtle and magnolia and verbena; wisteria vines erupt in blossom; everywhere hang arcades and curtains and pendants of flowers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the night thickened, dew forming, a grassy smell drifted in through the screen door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few kids, all strangers, called after me in concern, but I ignored them, following the smell of mud and molding leaves until I found the lake we had passed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As soon as they broke under the weight of the pestle, I smelled the warm, soapy scent of them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The light grew dull and they could smell rain approaching from the west. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is that smell? Have you been in the garbage again?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, dear, but it’s Ministry procedure, and I have to set an example. Something smells good — onion soup?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So then El-ahrairah said to the fox, ‘Fox you may smell and fox you may be, but I can tell your fortune in the water.’” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At every few steps Napoleon stopped and snuffed the ground for traces of Snowball’s footsteps, which, he said, he could detect by the smell. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Ye need help?” he said, his strangely accented Russian reaching her ears on a heat wave that smelled of fire and metal. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They smelt that old obscene stink of darkness, that old slavery smell, worse than the rank halitosis of hoary death. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves are just starting to spot brown with defoliant and I can still smell the sour chemical in the air. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Candles on the window ledges lit his way and he noticed all the different smells . . . strange spices, extinguished fires and burning cedar, sweets, powders, and perfumes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The faint green smell in the air felt like an embrace. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Inside, the house smelled of dust and stale air. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

A woman up the line vomited heavily, and the smell was of the canned figs they’d all eaten. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The smell of death filled our small grave. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the white paint still smelled fresh in the common spaces, dining rooms, and bunk rooms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The doors were new and the air smelled clean and moist as if it had just rained inside the building. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was the only place he had to store his smells. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of fresh-cut grass when Dad mowed the lawn. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Nailer could smell the sweat and whiskey of him, see the redness of his eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It smells like his room used to when he lived at home, a faint vinegary reek that would cause Mom to break out the Febreze on a regular basis. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The water smelled fishy, but I didn’t care. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dany liked the strangeness of the Eastern Market too, with all its queer sights and sounds and smells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The smell of smoke hangs on his coat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I rode the elevator up, the door was open, the smell brought back to me what for forty years I had struggled not to remember but couldn’t forget. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of magnolias and roses was overpowering. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“What did you say? What is this white place with the sharp smell?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could almost smell her mother’s boiled chicken and yams. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's the dead they've come for. Cats can smell blood six miles off. They'll stay near the bodies till they've eaten every last stringy shred o' meat, and cracked the bones for the marrow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He smelled like the amphitheater bathrooms after a big concert, but I couldn’t get enough of him. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Inside it smelled of fresh tanned leather and hot tar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

What he wanted, he realized now, was to drink in the smell of her and to feel her hair in his hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Your mouth opens and you get a real heave going, and swallow another wave of rancid smell, and that’s when I bent over and puked right into the trench. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He could still smell Bathilda’s house on him: It made the whole thing horribly vivid. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The wind wafted in through the open window and over her, the familiar wind, and it smelled almost like the air in Capricorn's church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One thing’s for sure, it was a lot nicer than our school’s restrooms, which constantly smell like cigarettes and have makeup stains on the mirrors and sink. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Smoke obscured the vision and cinders drifted into the house, into our beds, into our kitchen, into our food; and a tarlike smell was always in the air. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the way some of the tributes are sniffing, it must smell fantastic. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shelves on which they stood smelled of freshly sawn wood. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mind it so much, because she smelled like plums, and she felt squishy and soft when you hugged her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He smells like ocean and sandalwood, even though we’re miles away from any coastline. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I recognize the smell—his smell—spice and rain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The wild bacteria consume the cell culture, eat it up, and make a variety of different smells in the air while they’re prowing, whereas viruses kill cells^ without releasing an odor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy says the smell is gorgeous but when Mam comes back she says What’s that horrible stink? and wants to know why our heads are suddenly greasy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I smell it. Olfactory hallucination, induced by sensual telepathy.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning away from me, sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and averting his face like he smelled something bad. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s like he lives on a beautiful tropical island, and I can see it and smell the pizza, but no matter how hard I swim I can’t get there. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

No matter what street law decreed, this night smelled like violence. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I thought about how this must be what it's like to go to heaven—walking toward the blinding light, with the smell of bacon and eggs all around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She smelled like cigarettes and she looked at me like she hated me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The smell of blood and the smoke pouring in through the shattered windows made him dizzy and muddled his thoughts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Only when I sniffed again did I become sure of the woodland smells and cloying air. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The room had a damp, unused smell and the light from the lamp over the pool table was greenish and depressing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would erase it all: the smell, the rats, the giant mountain of rotting food. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The whole room still smelled like Mama, like coffee and perfume and...It smelled like the way she laughed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was the best, they told him; some men didn’t like to feel the quiver of the man they were killing; some men got sick when they smelled the blood. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was warmer in the Big Barn, the smell of hay and old wood and leather and cow—like always. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could smell her liquored breath as she divulged a secret: she was going to have “a little baby.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Just as the burning smell began to choke her, a cold, clean wind blew. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I slide onto the leather seat and it smells like lemons. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The nest has hard, flat sides that smell of trees, and an open top. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They wore gloves and hats, and smelled to high heaven of attars, perfumes, eaus, and bath powder. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

If this is all that atoms have, then the qualities that we perceive in the world—colour, taste, smell, sound, texture, temperature—must be by-products of size, shape and movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A low hill rises before me, and when I reach the top, the night breeze curdles, bringing with it the unmistakable smells of war—blood and dung and rot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a strong smell of furniture polish. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was never a group of people I loved who were handing me pink wine that smelled like fruit. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The strange, lovely smell in the air grew stronger. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The way he smelled—like sunshine and something woodsy and boy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The smell of rotten food fills my nostrils and turns my stomach. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It smelled like old hot dogs that had been left in the sun. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In her last letter, his mom was worried that they might be evicted from their apartment because of the smell of burning sneakers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The birds and animals see, hear, smell, and feel approaching danger long before I do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its flesh is red and dense, and the cloying smell of it fills the forests at harvest time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He smelled stale food, old age, dried herbs, and dust. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he thought there must be a fire, but there was no smell of smoke, no glare of flame. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe smells like dog, or wood, or pond water. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

For this very reason, I was not one bit sad to say goodbye to our current apartment with its orangish carpet, watermarked ceiling, and faint smells left by previous owners. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Now the room was crowded with soldiers, and the smell of infection was made worse by the continuing heat wave. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But he could smell unfamiliar spices on the air, and hear men and women speaking to each other in a hundred tongues, and he gawked and gazed unashamedly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

His spit cup on the night stand was full of stale tobacco juice and smelled awful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That feeling became a physical part of me, something I could taste on my tongue or smell on my own breath. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the smell of warm Nutella, fruit, and sugar. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was the drenching hospitality in the pervading smell of sweet magnolias. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was so small and quiet, I had to lean close and smell the sick on her breath. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was gusting, so the smells were hard to follow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She smelled him when he was old and unbathed and the flies blackened his eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d just crested the hill when the source of the horrific smell came clearly into view. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“They’d better at least get fresh water. What we have left smells like a sick dog.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Right after recess, I found that the eighth graders had filled the boys’ restroom with smoke so thick you couldn’t even smell the disinfectant. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Low tide smells mud-black and tangy, but high tide smells clean and salty. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two rows of green onions made my eyes water, and the smell was making me woozy. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The garden smelled so good and looked so pretty in die afternoon sunlight Edna plucked all the bright flowers she could find, and went into the house with them, she and the little dog. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

On autumn nights, in some parts of the city, the wind from the lake brings a sweetish smell to shore. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then that smell of jet fuel, that smell that welcomed me before, and leis and the scratchy blanket wrapped twice around me, and why does the window seat matter when the shades are drawn closed? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I was making the best of it, enjoying the smell of Rose’s hair across the pillow, pushing my sore groin into her backside a bit, when Slopper appeared behind me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At last it covered her, filled her eyes, her nose, her throat, and she woke gagging and overwhelmed with the smell of smoke. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Florer thought that the liquid smelled like the axle grease sold in his store, and he rushed back and showed the sample to others, who confirmed his suspicions: it was oil. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The smell was amazing— dozens of different kitchens cooking at once. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It creaked on its hinges, and I could smell the disinfectant Father had used to clean out the stable that morning. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shells made deep slushy craters, opening up all those years of waste, centuries worth, and the smell came bubbling out of the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hot, close smell of burning candles made his head swim. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he just drowned, like a few hours ago. He doesn’t smell and he’s not swollen.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Can they smell the grey on me, the fumes of Jankburg? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The room smelled like the alcohol prep pads my uncle kept in the medicine cabinet. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The smell of baked bread and melting chocolate was intoxicating. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There it is again, he thought, that late summer chill to the air, the smell of fall. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each entry brought back a memory, the way a familiar smell can instantly transport you to another place and time. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, even if X-Ray won’t tell us how to find Habib, it shouldn’t be all that hard to find someone whose name is Armpit. We could probably smell him a mile away.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The air smells brighter, less like a city and more like a neighborhood. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

You don't stop to measure when you're too busy worrying about how your breath smells. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I learned the smell and feel of fighting weather. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I smell the sugary Cuban coffee Mami must be making, hear the china cups tinkle in their saucers. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m sweating so hard I think I can smell my own crotch beneath all the layers of fabric. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She always smells like dogs and seems to work every day. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled like grass and sawdust and gasoline all mixed together. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The apple smells so fresh and sweet it makes my mouth water. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There were footsteps in the hall, and a young man stepped into the room carrying a bowl of stew that steamed and smelled of pepper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her dark brown eyes are puffy with fatigue and she smells of metal and sweat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed a good idea to the tiger to follow these smells, and he left the pool of sour stuff and began to walk toward the entry. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Unbearable smells from the sewers rose up to my second-story window and the stink had nowhere else to go but into my nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great fire burning in the kitchen fireplace and the smell of Johnny cake and hot gravy. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was cold and damp and full of half-forgotten smells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He squatted on his heels and picked one up and smelled it and put it back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And the smell of smoke was getting stronger. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He sat quivering, every nerve tense, recognizing the smell, and presently past the opening of the cave waddled a large porcupine, returning peacefully home from a night’s foraging. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few months after her death I would come home from school and smell the fishy salty broth of those same noodles. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the second week in June, and the heat makes the shallow lake smell like murky stuff and old fish. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My biology textbook said that dogs can smell fear because of a chemical secreted by human glands in a state of duress, the same chemical a dog’s prey secretes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The sun also took care of all smells. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember when we were children,” said Francie, who had just finished being thirteen, “how we used to smell if Christmas was coming?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came over so close to him that he could smell her dime-store powder. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I still smelled smoke and hoped it signaled a resting spot. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sat there, surrounded by the smells of autumn coming through my open window, unable to leave, unable to sleep. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You smell of chicken,” he murmurs in the taxi, his face against my neck. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if the smell had gone away, or if he had just gotten used to it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The first night on the train I couldn’t sleep for my excitement; the third night, I couldn’t sleep for the smell and the din. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was alone and afraid, yet perceiving old, familiar sounds and smells—those of the field where he was born. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran out, as had her mother, and sang the same song that her mother had sung, telling her to go away because she smelled so bad. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The dog struggles, strains its head away from the reeking smell of the shirt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The smell of cows is thick, the wind is just barely warm, and the clouds are white trimmed with gold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nowhere is that smell more pungent than down below. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She stopped trying to unlock doors when she smelled cooking. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The longship was so new that she still smelled of pitch and resin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As we got closer to the screen, I could hear High on a hill was a lonely goatherd, and could smell the cotton candy from one of the concession stands near the food trucks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

You wouldn't even know that she touched the comics except for the smell. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They found themselves in a warm, bright room that smelled heavily of newsprint and ink. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For days and days it had seemed as if Christmas was in the house already—all the good happy feelings, warmth and good smells, and the shining tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My brother punches arms and makes remarks about smells like the rest of them, but he has a secret. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her reach back and slap her hand against the knobs, twisting a dial until the smell of gas disappeared. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The room smells vaguely of wood- smoke and sweat, and it is jammed with bleary- eyed people, Africans and Europeans sitting shoulder to shoulder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smells a little musty, like sweat and paper and mothballs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I think of her intoxicating smell, like fruit and sugar and warmth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now that is something I never thought had much smell. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The wind shifted so that the heat and smell bore down on the road. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Awake, I am still broken, but when I sleep, when I’m Summer, I can run and fight and hear and smell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, and the murmur of other voices; then a match striking, the acrid smell of fresh cigar smoke. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are crowds of noisy men and stale smells that remind me of Dad when he comes home with the smell of the whiskey on him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

To crunch into that succulent fruit that smelled like roses and let the aromatic juice run down my chin and stain my pretty city dress with its bows, buttons, and ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The smells in the shop—dry-toasted maize, melting farm cheese, squash flowers sauteing in home-pressed oil—were causing my stomach to direct urgent messages to my brain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Getting late now. You heard the siren. I smell the harbor on the wind, sea and salt, and maybe—is that smoke I smell, too?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A maybe not, but I know what a turn up is and your breath smell all the way turnt up bee. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The wine was sweet and strong, redolent with the smell of eastern spices, much superior to the thin Ghiscari wines that had filled her cup of late. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You would think the cold weather might put a damper on the smells. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She smelled like vanilla, and her eyelashes were like thick black parentheses. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He squatted and scooped up a handful of stones and smelled them and let them fall clattering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m pulled through another door—not a car but a building—and ushered into a room that smells like cleaning fluid. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was a cool smell of moisture and approaching darkness. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huts were closer together here, and close to the edge of the woods, so that they were shaded by trees and smelled of dankness and rot. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve come through here dozen, maybe two dozen, times, but I have never smelled it before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The hams and the venison hung in their paper wrappings, and all the bunches of dried herbs, the spicy herbs for cooking and the bitter herbs for medicine, gave the place a dusty-spicy smell. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really love the smell of Waffle House. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t have a mask and I could smell, so when I reached the kitchen, I got ready to take a deep breath before I walked in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Our eyes were sunk into our heads, our ears stuck out like donkey ears, and we must have smelled wretched, though of course we’d all been long accustomed to our stench. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That soup smells like something Amaka washed her hands well to cook,” he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was unironed and had a big hole in the back but it smelled nice and clean. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would’ve been a nice place to spend a Saturday morning except for the sulfurous smell and the cries of tortured souls in the distance. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

What you would chiefly have noticed if you had been there was the smells, which came from unwashed people, unwashed dogs, scent, garlic, onions, and the piles of refuse which lay everywhere. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

First he tormented his hunger by going from one tavern kitchen to the next to see which smelled the best. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was she who carried the gardenia smell. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They look at her hands and know what she will do with biscuit dough; they smell the coffee and the fried ham; see the white, smoky grits with a dollop of butter on top. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her biscuits still smelled doughy and buttery and would go great with cheese grits and sausage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had thought I was the only one who smelled bad. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The smell reminded me of my sixth grade locker—and that’s not a good thing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He wants to strangle me but can smell the strange confidence that dresses everything I say. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We could breathe in the smells of springtime and watch the passing countryside. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We’re not churchgoers unless it’s Easter, Juneteenth, or Christmas, and there typically aren’t any weekly plans or activities, so my brother Drake and I sleep until eleven and wake to the smell of bacon. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Lily and James, what you did, we will never forget,” “Lily and James, your sacrifice . . .” VOLDEMORT: I smell guilt, there is a stench of guilt upon the air. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

They turned down Eliot Street where the smell of deepset gardens and the bark of aroused dogs followed them past old brick walls covered with lichen and ivy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And what makes the smell, I wonder,’ said Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The air smells musty, like the pages of a library book mixed with cleaning solution. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Give me your clothes, I'll watch the door. And don't let him smell it. I don't need it this morning." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe no one else can smell the pot wafting from his core. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet and became aware of a terrible, foul, extremely insulting smell. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And when he wouldn’t confess they put him into a cell for the rest of the two hours and when he came out he smelled like throw-up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even the old dog, for once, was nonplussed: although he shivered in anticipation and saliva ran from his mouth at the enticing smell, he remained sitting as custom and training decreed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every stool was looser than die one before, and smelled fouler. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Many a dead body in the village had smelled of oleander or henbane. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Through the open window she could smell the rain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was struck by how much the back of the wagon smelled like the two of them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The minty smell of his soap, the warmth of his arms, how when our fingers intertwine, the brown of my skin and the brown of his are nearly a perfect match. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The interior itself was black leather and gave off a strong new smell. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That smell of cold and damp always sends a little shiver down my spine, it’s like turning over a rock to see what’s underneath: moss and worms and earth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their smell, their sound—they seemed very familiar to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It smelled of paper and ink and awesome. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana combed her long wet hair out on the open front balcony of their house where the breeze smelled sweet as olive oil. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When my sister smelled it, she said, “Mom! He pooped himself.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She still smells like Dial Body Wash. I look at the chart and nod. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steam from one smelled like red chili stew; the other was full of oven bread and pieces of fried bread. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The place smelled like stale cigarettes and coffee and frying eggs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I jumped in the shower, because even though I love the smell of baking cookies, I didn’t want to smell like them. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s doing his project on canine sense of smell.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even though it was cold, I could still smell the field dust, the ghosts of corn and pumpkins. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could smell the odor of burning fur too, as the fire spread along the troll’s back. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The room smelled like fresh paint and the lilacs Mom had set on Ivy’s brand-new desk underneath the tiny circular window. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bob’s stubbly face smelled of cleaning supplies—fresh lemony furniture polish and Murphy Oil wood soap. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pull him away as soon as he smelled trouble. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His breath smelled like mouthwash and lime vodka. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled sweet and sharp, like tangerine peels. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of cut wood and Christmas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She hunched forward, and she smelled old, vaguely like formaldehyde. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And then he’s off and I can still smell the grease after he’s gone. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She could smell the scent of night-blooming jasmine and something indefinable — perhaps it was the smell of magic. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had missed the faint smell of detergent that lingered in the living room after Ugwu cleaned the louvers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We began to descend towards the coast, the roadside growing more populous, the smell of the ocean in the air. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can smell the dough and hear the rolling pin from my bedroom when I wake up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She braved the smell of the tannery to visit her father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was hanging upside down asleep, but the smell of me rising up to him would probably wake him up at any minute! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of fermented fruit was overpowering, and a haze of escaped flies lifted off the tables like a buzzing veil every time Morgan moved. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t I taste as good as I smell?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was hot, but the town had a cool, fresh, early-morning smell and it was pleasant sitting in the café. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

My mother used to say that when men get old they think anything that smells bad can kill germs better than soap and hot water, so they either bathe in liquor or cologne. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he breathed, and just his smell disturbed my thought processes, “what exactly are you worrying about?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The water felt good, warm and good, and when Laura came close I could smell clean sheets or spring flowers or something that fresh. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was the best smell in the world. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps sensing the hopelessness of his situation, Garfield yearned to leave the cramped, depressing White House sickroom and the foul smell of Washington's swamps that wafted in through the open windows. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her breath was warm and soft, and she smelled like baby powder and sunshine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All of us are able to smell ants, for which the great word pismire was originally coined. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister thought my standing there smiling was crazy didn't understand how the smell and feel and sight of bright white paper could bring me so much joy. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

His coat smelled just like Scipio’s - a mixture of fresh-cut grass and warm bread. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This room is hotter and steamier than the others because the snakes and turtles need it to be; it smells musky. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The plastic molded chairs were stacked along the walls, and the carpet smelled like shampoo. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The breeze smelled familiar to Nok: sharp and bright, like a tangerine. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Next to any kind of elegance, Claudia loved good clean smells. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the midday sun, it was like standing in an oven, an oven that smelled of human sweat and urine and feces. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell the cigarettes and musky liquor breath from outside. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Then I must say you have rotten taste. I can smell cream tarts burning from here, Rita. You are the most impossibly scatterbrained child I have ever seen.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I had the jacket over me the smell of the spice and soap and the sound of the crickets and toady- frogs outside made my eyes get real heavy. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They can smell monsters. Isn’t that right, Tyson?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I didn’t mind the smell because Timothy’s back was very warm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan could smell the amazing aroma of fried potatoes and Spam. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She would smell of mud and rust, and that dark black weed that grows deep beneath the sea beside rocks that are never uncovered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The acrid smell of the glue fills the air. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My parents smell like a mixture of gardenias and embalming fluid, even in the evenings after their showers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was the way the air smelled just as Lindsey began to jog away from him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I can hear it guttering, smell the wax, feel the chill of the air around my neck and shoulders. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the time there was a little smell of smoke in the yard, and when the door was opened a thick, smoky, meaty smell came out. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the apartment was filled with smoke that smelled like an acrid palmetto brushfire. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I took in the sights and smells of the only home I’d ever known up until several weeks ago. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I can see that. And smell it, too. Is that how you lured her to you?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The fresh-paint smell was now quite strong just outside the living room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Great. I should have installed a smoke screen that makes the ship smell like a giant chicken nugget. Remind me to invent that, next time.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The cool air that met them smelled as musty as on the day she had entered the church with Mo and Elinor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was a heavy earthiness about him, the smell of grass after it has just rained. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter if he smells. He’s still a person. A person is a person, no matter what,” she said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

His mother was blonde too; tall and slim, she would have been nice-looking if she hadn’t been wearing a look that suggested there was a nasty smell under her nose. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then we stood in the high entrance of the great barn and smelled at the sweetness of alfalfa and the bready odor of rolled barley. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially when I walk into the house and have to face the smell of my mother’s paella. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her nose twitched, and Nhamo knew she could smell the alcohol on his breath. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We'd changed the brand once, but customers had complained that Mo's no longer smelled as friendly, so we'd gone back to the lemon stuff. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’s so close I can smell his skin, thick with sweat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The kids looked hot and sticky and their winter clothes had a sour smell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She looked out at the thrusting tide, clenched her toes into the loose sand, and smelled the salty, piney air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The wet smell of coming rain mixed with the smoky smell of burning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Amelia’s disembodied words of encouragement continued to stream in, the warm sugar-buttery smell of baking cake filled the house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The boy smelled the mushroom and bit into it and stood chewing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“The way it smells. I like how it smells out here.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of oiled machinery was strong in his nostrils, reeking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He climbs the stairs and before he gets to his own door he can smell the ham Violet will not give up frying in its own fat to season the hominy swelling in the pot. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell was overwhelming, a mixture of sweet perfume and damp decay. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Although the windows were rolled down, the smell of fried chicken and sweet potato pie lay unmoving, and there wasn’t enough room to stretch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even across the gym, it seemed she could smell his stifling cologne. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled dusty and alive, a strange combination of sweat and wood and candles and electricity, as if the air still contained the essence of everyone who’d ever walked through the building. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As they opened the door, the smell of monkey almost knocked them over. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell was heavy and hung low to the ground. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the best things about Mr. Woodwell’s boat shed is the clean smell of wood shavings and varnish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s made dinner. She makes the most wonderful turkey, do you smell it?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She immediately opened her eyes—so, in having a good sense of smell and a taste for milk, she seemed no different from the fairies he knew. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The noise was appalling: over every other sound there came the shrieking of the cliff-ghasts, and Lyra saw them hurtling past, and smelled their foul stench. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Inside smelled like cigarette smoke and stale potato chips. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was because Grendel was so huge and black that the smell came before anything the eyes could make out. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slightly sour smells of varnished wood and spilled beer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He ordered laborers hired by the city, called scavengers, to clean the streets of decaying garbage and dead animals, since their vile smell might well be causing the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Palmer began to notice a gray, sour smell in the air. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It smells in here,” Axel says, filling in Byrd’s pause. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Look at the building—you walk in and it smells like urine, you walk up the stairs and it’s dark, broken lights. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people even imagined they smelled poison smoke and saw fire caused by the Martians’ heat ray. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could smell the flowers across the room, even from their pressed petals. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Yossarian suggested flowers, and the doctor sent an orderly out to find two small bunches of fading ones with a strong and sickening smell. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I tell myself she can’t smell like that, but of course she can. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She smells like she always does, a mix of incense and the special kind of dark tea she drinks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The engines were howling again as though in pain, and the air inside the plane was acrid with the smell of machinery and fetid with the stench of gasoline. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once the kitchen smelled of cinnamon and butter, I easied down. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dadi nodded and nodded, and the air smelled like the smoke from pipes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She smelled like cinnamon and wood smoke, and he thought he’d never smell anything that good again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It’s not something you can see, or smell, or feel. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The lotus garden was lit only by starlight, and the air was warm and smelled of stagnant water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It creates an awful stench, yes, but no one dies from a bad smell. If they did, every farmer spreading manure would be long dead and us city-dwellers all hungry!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have tired of stories of Onyeka. I noticed something when he came by yesterday. He should bathe more often, he smells like rotten oil beans.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether the smell of the barn got less or our noses grew used to it, but after a while we stopped noticing it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai’s stomach reacted to the smell of popcorn someone was preparing in a large pot. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach begins to growl at the smell of food and I reach for one. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She grasped the reins as they advanced into a gallop, the tangy smell of horsehair creeping into her nostrils. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The air in the jar smelled of stale breath and tarnished metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He opened the side-by-side refrigerator and was accosted by the smell of rotting fruits and vegetables. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Bran thought he could smell smoke now, but perhaps that was only the torch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could tell it was Cade’s shirt; I could smell his atoms on it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He says they’ll smell us, and keep out of the way. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a simile. I didn’t say you were a goat, I said you smell like a goat. Didn’t you learn anything in English class?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It smells weird in here,” Dari said when he reached us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A revolting smell of burnt rubber seeped up from the debris. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought the book to her nose—maybe it was her imagination, but she thought she smelled traces of lavender. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t notice until he rolled the window down and the sour-sweet smell of cigar smoke hit my nose. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He smelled woodsmoke and passed a stack of old lobster traps, blown over and the staves broken in, then a heap of firewood guarded pitifully by some old barrels, also broken. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her red-white-and-blue Sweet on America uniform smelled like the best things in the world: chocolate, licorice, and all the other stuff she sold at the candy shop in Grand Central. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then, I wouldn’t feel I’m suffocating in the dark heat, hear Mama Ya-Ya’s breathing ragged and slow, or smell the Mississippi living in our house. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He breathed deeply, and each breath had a distinct smell of snow from the north, of ponderosa pine on the rimrock above; finally he smelled horses from the direction of the corral, and he smiled. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she can smell the meat and onion in my clothes and hair. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Next to her sits a dust-covered canister that smells like the earth. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Soft and sour, the smell of distant death. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colour of cinders and ash about them, and the continual smell of burning from their pipes. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked and smelled to Mary like an acid. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A breeze came up, bringing the smell of jasmine all the way in from Bournabat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m still comfortably full of the rice, but whatever Mrs. Park is cooking inside smells delicious. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The horses can smell the tiger scent and begin neighing and curvetting, trying to get away from it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it was the sense of smell that was gone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could smell home, she could see it, there, just beyond that door, green fields and great stone houses and arms to keep her warm, thezq. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But even two seats over I can smell him. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were many strong smells, chemical smells and the sweet smell of blood. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was upset because it had smelled bad and I was worried that Mom would be cranky because my school clothes were messy. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The smell was so gross that even the teachers were running outside, staggering around the playground and gasping for air. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I will not be outranked by a Stiff,” he hisses, his face so close to mine I can smell his stale breath. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe people just hid behind a tree somewhere and squatted down, I was starting to think; maybe that’s why the smell. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled so bad that I couldn’t even bring myself to kiss her without choking on my breath. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Wet dog—or rat—has to be 1 of the worst smells in the world. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hear her voice and smell it in the dimly lit hotel room overlooking Sydney Harbor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After a while, you buy it for me—some sort of clear; sticky gel that smells like bad perfume. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Rooms that smell like powder and old clothes,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They had always said they could smell him because he was a demigod—the half-blood son of some old Roman god. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The whole car had smelled so bad, her mom had been forced to leave the windows open all weekend. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It smelled of mint and liniment and unwashed body with another odor that Ophie couldn’t quite place but wasn’t at all good. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to smell like flowers,” I said, rubbing my eyes of suds, “I’m not a girl.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie there for a while, breathing in the smell of the wild roses and looking up at the branches of the sycamore tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Not the one in Peru. The one in Illinois. Let me smell you. Bend down.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s smart to be afraid of things that smell of death.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna rested her head on his shoulder; he smelled of sweat, of the open-air market, of wares arranged on dusty wood shelves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he could smell the pigeons who sometimes settled outside the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And the thick curl of something more, something I thought I’d only ever smelled with the memory of smell. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Tayo sank down into sensations—the truck vibrating and bouncing down the road, the bodies squeezed around him tight, the smell of perfume and sweat and wine, and the rushing fresh air cooling the sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the shell and smelled the crab. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good smells came from the kitchen, and I realized I was hungry finally. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We noticed at both clothing drives that the clothes had a distinct smell: damp and moldy, like they’d been stored for a long time in wet cardboard boxes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We flew straight from the seventh floor down to the first, with only the pissy elevator smell to focus on. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They could smell the sweet odor of ozone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I only know that, all of a sudden, I no longer smell the damp and urine of the prison yard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was very hard to breathe, and everything smelled like bologna and a little bit like orange cheese. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It seems to me that coffee smells even better when the frost is in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pouted his perfectly formed lips and surveyed the splintered shingles and abandoned nets from which the unsavory fishy smell arose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“They’re cooling the hives down,” she said, and her breath broke over my face with the smell of spearmint. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your coat smells like—” He leans down and sniffs it, grimacing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The awful smell stung my nose, but after working up my courage, I took a swig. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, Cristiana was still skulking about She sidled past and I smelled lavender. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The smell lived inside us, and even though Mami used a lot of garlic and oregano when she cooked, it didn’t help. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

You shouldn’t smoke because it can hurt your Heart and it smells so bad it makes you want to throw up. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his nose up in the air and sniffed, but he didn't smell cat. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then Mack would offer a second time to watch over and preserve Lee’s property—and at the second refusal, Lee could smell the smoke, could see the little flames creeping up the walls. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do the others smell like?” he asked. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The smell of fresh-baked bread or cookies wafts in from outside. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As I lie here, bundled in my winter coat and scarf, I can smell Dad’s wafting pot smoke, and I find three planes all flying in a row in the dusky sky. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The house smelled of Fels Naphtha and the sharp odor of mustard greens cooking. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why’d you pick this place? It almost smells as bad as my brothers’ room after soccer practice.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Up close, she took in its stink, the sharp smell of burnt things. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Someone who smelled warm as a summer day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn't that he was rotten, but just that he smelled like his body had mistaken its organs for garbage and that he was essentially a walking, talking trash can. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

At last we began to come up and I could smell fresh air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee shop smells like pretentious writers who would hate the stuff I write. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Now I’m glad I have a cool place to go, with no stinky smoke smells. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

All night, we smelled their cigarettes in the yard and heard muffled coughs and sneezes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might of just been me, but I swear that it smelled even better than before. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car smells like Emmett and George ate their favorite spicy beef jerky. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The juice might have had oranges in it once, but only a faint citrus smell remained. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I took a whiff too, but all I smelled was dirt. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I would love to walk into the meeting room and breathe the smell of old wood, but we don’t have time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His sense of smell returned, and whenever he woke from a fitful doze, he sniffed for Bristle and Runt to reassure himself that they were still alive. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of unfamiliar food in the air now, fish caught from the nearby river, pig knuckles, hominy grits, fried baloney, black-eyed peas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The ka-ka-ka of shooting, the cries of men, the smell of death, the blasts of explosions above and around him were distant. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

These smells make my eyes water and bring a taste of metal to my throat. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the dirt roads, the gutters were filled with small rivers of filth and debris that smelled of rotting food and rank liquids. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But he was close now and coming fast toward the safety of runways and the smell of hangars. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, my eyes are dazzled by the bright sunlight and I'm conscious only of a strong wind with the hopeful smell of pine trees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maddened by the smell of dragon, horses below reared in terror, lashing out with iron-shod hooves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s still some finishing touches to make, and we’ll leave the windows open so the paint smell dissipates.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The boys and their mother followed the smell of food down the shaky wooden steps to the kitchen doorway. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He tried to catch the dinner smells, but they escaped and climbed into the limp brown hotel curtains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use all of Donna’s soaps that smell and look like cake. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His room smelled of dust dampened and dried many times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And as if his thoughts had materialized, the smells changed—to something more like mildew and rot. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“There’s something wrong with this air. Something that makes people more upset. It’s worse every time the smell’s worse.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a smell of smoke in this flood basin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the morning, die air was crisp and the cay smelled fresh and clean. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled like lavender and I couldn’t help but notice how much she looked like Mama, with her hair curling around her face and her eyes crinkled up at the edges. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She’s about forty and wears deodorant that smells like sweet smoke and makeup the color of roses. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized how hungry I am until I smell the fried chicken, string beans, macaroni and cheese, and homemade dinner rolls. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No one had moved since the beginning of his address, not even to pinch their noses to keep out the smell of Big Anthony’s roasting flesh. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Stella could smell onions simmering in the big dented pot on the stove, supper already in progress. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She’d obviously tried to cover the smell of vomit with the biggest piece of cinnamon gum in the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna wanted to hold her sister for much longer, to smell that familiar scent of home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were no clouds and the air still smelled cool. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now there seemed to be some kind of wet light traveling over his legs and stomach with a deeply attractive smell. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She smells like flowers dipped in cake batter. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Indifferent to our worries, MacDuff followed his nose into the weeds, roaming in circles around us, happy to be outside smelling wonderful smells. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The air is thick with the smell of exhaust, and steam billows from an open vent nearby. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You smell like a wet dog!” said Tater, sniffing the air. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s a funny thing to complain about, but most of America is perfectly devoid of smells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even many, many years later the smell of burnt paper would come back to her as soon as she opened one of the books from which he had read that awful morning. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Immediately I smell the smoky kitchen of the steak house crowded with visitors just pulling off the I-5 for dinner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Ladies and Escorts sections are cleaner and quieter and more genteel, and smell better. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The house always smelled delicious this time of the year. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell clings to my nostrils and sickens my belly. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up I swear I can still smell mustard. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He smelled like spiced meat and car oil, which already was an unsettling combination before a whiff of cigarette smoke was added to the mix. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t ugly then, and no one thought I smelled weird. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The butter is greasy and it will go rancid and I will smell like an old cheese; but at least it’s organic, as they used to say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

New York doesn't smell like this, she says. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The meaty goat smell came off him in sickening waves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But each time I guessed, it was like I could almost smell the food. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cross a seething thoroughfare, then go up an alley that smells like a muddy ditch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The room was warm and full of the good smells from the supper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But how could she know...me? We’ve never met. How would she know anything about me, about my speech or posture or smell? How could she know anything about me?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Great. So much for keeping a low profile! Now I’m going to smell like a wet diaper,” Delia said, mopping over her saliva-slathered hair with the hem of her T-shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The strong sweet smell of it tickled her nostrils. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a little damp and smells of soap. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Beneath a hatch waits a square hole out of which washes a damp, frightening smell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My father is smiling, and the air is filled with the tangy smell of silver, and Judith and Mina have been folded into the Amsterdam underground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He imagined that her hair smelled as pretty as it looked. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rank smell that came from his body was almost overpowering. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll never get the smell of pigs out,” Liza said firmly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But that's a dark and creaky thing that moves like a snail and smells of sour milk. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It also smelled musty, like old papers, old books, old newspapers with pale brown edges and little bugs crawling everywhere. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson about the cooking smell the hard way after I left my hoodie in the kitchen one morning in fourth grade while Mama was up early cooking before work. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“After that, the men who attacked us smelled a potential victory, and they—they charged us. I reacted before I could think.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I see his body fall, hear the rasp of his last breath, smell the taint of his blood on the flagstones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The entrance smells like paint, the only clue that this hiding space has been recently constructed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The room is warm; it smells terrible, rank and sour—I’ve barely left it since Thursday. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turn onto an empty street, with no soldiers or tanks or hot metal smell. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The night air was filled with the smell of apples and shocked grain, and I could hear the noise in the meadhall from a mile away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already he could smell them, the several scents of the creatures standing or sitting, or, in the case of what appeared to be a raccoon, asleep. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It had a football-locker smell of ancient sweat, iodine, blood and rubbing alcohol, and I felt a welling up of memories. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that it wasn’t only optical; air was coming through it, and they could smell the traffic fumes, which didn’t exist in the world of Cittàgazze. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of food wafted right up to the bedrooms. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mosque had just opened, and he could smell the faint scent of fresh paint in the wide, airy prayer hall. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

All I want is to be the normal girl, with parents who let her date and a house that smells of seasonally appropriate candles and not fried onions. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She smelled like roses and something else I recognized from riding lessons at camp—the scent of freshly washed horses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The place is clean, smells like cigarettes and beer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His father had put hickory chips on the charcoal and the smell of the cooking turkey and the hickory smoke had filled die yard. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She especially hated handling Henry’s underthings, marked as they were with his sweat and smells. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The small space between them is suddenly filled with heat; his cheeks are flushed and there’s the wet-wool smell of boy sweat and that tang of something again, maybe weed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Id never smelled one, so I wasn’t sure. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks my hair smells like spring rain. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They gave off a pungent, horsy smell, as if freshly cut. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no; they ascertained that the smell was coming from their clothes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of disinfectant was stronger in the back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The boys don’t like their girls to smell of stables.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But here was the snap and recoil of a rifle firing, the hot smell. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bulldog shook his face, curled up again with his back facing us, and then a horrible smell wafted up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He got up and went out to the verandah; the sudden hot air, the roar of his neighbor’s generator, the smell of diesel exhaust fumes brought a lightness to his head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her skin was warm, and she smelled like laundry detergent and frost, as fresh as the winter air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She left the salon almost mournfully; while the hairdresser had flat-ironed the ends, the smell of burning, of something organic dying which should not have died, had made her feel a sense of loss. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My fatigues were starched; I had a neat haircut and the clean, sterile smell of the rear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with the smell of stale cigarettes and lingering garlic and fish from last night’s dinner, there’s something else. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He just stared at the gasoline and smelled its fumes as it was poured over the books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, he fell asleep on the stool, his head against the table that smelled of dried fish. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, by six o’clock, the house redolent of enticing smells, Viola rang her bell at the back door and pounded the gong. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“What kind of cake is that I smell?” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We had to put stuff on it to neutralize it. But you could still smell it in the air.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When it opened into a cave, Aru knew where the strange smell was coming from…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It roared, and the smell of fishy water made my stomach heave. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The smell of her crying spreads over us and we pretend to ignore it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s your shirt,” Frank says, handing Axel the T-shirt that now smells just like Ray. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He kisses my neck and smells my hair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I can almost smell the blood, the dirt, the unnatural breath of the mutt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

After that, I had to bathe her constantly to keep down the smell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Octopuses are supposed to smell like geraniums when they get stressed, and I’m pretty sure this whole library now smells like a bunch of geraniums exploded. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never smelled that in my life,” said Hazel with a touch of irritation. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I wandered about the kitchen I suddenly smelled feces and urine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally managed to roll over on his stomach, the smell was so bad that he had to turn over again and try sleeping on his back. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The dogs never saw or smelled a quail. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wherever you are going, you will need to smell like your home. This is my perfume to you.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Now I not only smell like Crocodile Guts, I act like him,” she told Mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was where his brother was, the grey brother who smelled of summer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Flies buzzed up and I covered my mouth a bit in a futile attempt to stave off the smell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She smells of lavender water, and it reminds me of my mother so much that I nearly hug her. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Of course you smell sea god! The sea is right over there!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Seagulls cried above the town dock and settled on the spars of ships just off the wharves; the heated air smelled deeply of sheep and tar. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She darted off in another direction, for bears have poor eyesight and cannot track if they cannot smell. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled bad, or perhaps it was her house: Harry wrinkled his nose as they sidled past her and pulled off the Cloak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The horse smelled the sugar, and the prickles from his chin tickled my fingers until I opened my palm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Or people who smell funny, wear sweatpants, or don’t like her Instagram posts as soon as she uploads them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then I could sniff the paper, that soft, powdery, drowsy smell that comes off the pages in little puffs when you’re reading something or looking at some pictures, a kind of hypnotizing smell. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The chlorine smell only makes him more so. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The two women sat by the fire with the others, and the sweet smell of charred meat reminded them that they had not eaten since that morning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard what had happened and how near she had come to losing her son, she took Stuart in her hand, even though his clothes smelled nasty, and kissed him. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The old man had a sour smell, as if he had not washed in a long time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was clean this morning, but now that kitchen sparkle and smell like—umm, sort of—a cool day after a rain shower. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wobbled like a newly dropped calf, overcome with the smell of sweat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

One morning there was a different smell in the air, and the ship was moving oddly, with a brisker rocking from side to side instead of the plunging and soaring. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Still smell her scent like perfume on the air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And the smell from him was a mixture of alcohol and urine and feces—David had heard his mother say that the tumor in his spine kept him from controlling himself from the waist down. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered how she had hated the scaly tails of the muskrats, the wild smell of them, and yet did not want to find them caught fast in the traps. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already, she has smelled like wet dog and dripped on the floor, and changed out of disgusting clothes, and is wearing no makeup and has chopped hair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They were members of the town’s trash-collecting corps, and as they huffed and bent to lay the box over the hole, they smelled vaguely of pine and rotten fruit. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But hardly had I settled down, the dry, dog-day smell of the hedge in my nose, when they stopped before the house, leaning upon the fence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled the boy’s pain, and then he stood watch. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She is tiny and pretty and smells like baby’s skin. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only thing I like about it is the smell’s gone.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was much more contained when he had clean ears and smelled like honeysuckle. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

People always said you could smell Crocodile Guts before you saw him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold my forearm up to my nose so I can smell sweat and skin and anything but death. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sour-milk-and-manure smell of the cows came and went with the breeze. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The house smells like roasted chiles, and it’s so warm that my glasses fog. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t hear the whispering of their leaves or smell the medicinal scent of their bark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At first it just made a scratchy sound and the smell made him cough and remember how he’d got that brown place in the palm of his hand. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also hoping I’d get used to the smell—a strange, acrid stink like the supply closet in a chemistry classroom—but no such luck. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw remembered the smell of them all as they stood close together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There is the warm, yeasty smell of fresh bread and roasted chicken. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“This is good. I smell a blog post in this,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It smells green, the way a leaf does when you tear it in half. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s dark and there’s a damp sweet smell in the room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jam could almost smell the sweat of the hunt on it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how the jungle smelled, but whenever I hugged him I smelled wild tree vines beneath his shaving cream and toothpaste. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The telltale smell of smoke filtered in through the open windows. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that the smells of pizza, sausages, and hot dogs taunted him at every corner. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The sun darkened Lourdes’s skin to the shade of the villagers on the bleachers, and the mix of her father’s cologne and the warm, acrid smells of the ballpark made her giddy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of our holiday dinner reaches to every corner of our yard as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Standing in line wedged among many people, my nostrils are assaulted by the stale smell of bodies that have not been washed for many days. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the event keeps returning to me in my dreams exactly as I’ve described it, with all the same sights and smells occurring in sequence as I stretched my weight over the water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The original carton was soggy and smelled like the Mosses’ moldy shed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Although aware of the possible consequences, Bill couldn’t resist the smell of cakes and pies, and began to spend a good deal of his time in the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the doorway, aware of the damp earth smell outside. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of his breath made Nhamo’s head swim, and his loud, bullying voice filled her with alarm. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lots of people smell like sawdust,” her grandmother said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The chocolate chai was yummy and smelled amazing. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When he passed Naomi on his way to the kitchen, she thought she smelled whiskey and beer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my blanket right up over my head and breathed in the smell real deep. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the strongest memory that Sergio could attribute to either reality or desire was the smell of his mother, close to him, warming him, holding him, all the dark night. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Just thinking of his smell, his feel, his hands, made my body go hot all over. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hears you can smell the blood on them from a mile away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His hair is damp and he smells of soap and aftershave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Farmer and she were leaving the capital, Ophelia suddenly smelled burning tires. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

For weeks the house smelled of crushed onions, fresh oregano, and cilantro. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His breath smells like tequila, cigarettes, and something deeper and more disgusting I can’t figure out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The only way we were going to get out of this was to make Goeth believe we were on a work detail, and he could smell fear as well as his dogs could. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A magical, Sound of Music smell that Rahel remembered and treasured. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama would boil vinegar on the stove later to get rid of the fish smell, but Daddy don’t bother about the smell in our apartment. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

That is, they smell like a virus; and they flourish in ruined habitats. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no smell of ferret or weasel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pod twelve—youth sector. Identify your role,” the Chancellor says, so close I can smell her sweet hyacinth breath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As you walk, there’s every smell you can imagine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then I passed a window and smelled that sweet pie again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was so close, I could smell his sunscreen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“He smells of honey and roses and milk,” she murmurs, a look of ecstasy on her face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Ash went upstairs to her bedroom; the house smelled of the bitter medicines the physicians had brewed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of freshly cut grass tickled my nose. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Instead I’m locked in a small room that smells like chorizo and stale popcorn while my archenemy continues to brainwash the community with reggaeton and free sunscreen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We race across the lawn, an acrid burning smell heavy in the night air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“What a queer smell! It’s like burned feathers,” observed Amy, smoothing her own pretty curls with a superior air. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy heard the clank of hammers at a forge and smelled meat cooking over a fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But he smelled like a foreigner, a lamb-smell stink that can never be washed away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what he really wanted—and could obviously smell—was the meat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skinny dogs lay in the sun of the unpaved road; open sewers at either side obliterated the spicy smells wafting from cooking fires. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I inhale deeply, and yes, smell faintly the sweet acrid smell of alcohol. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Not because of the smell or my stained clothes, but because there was no way out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just the smell was enough to make the slaver run from between his jaws, and when it did Bran’s mouth would water at the thought of rich, dark meat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Alone in her apartment, she cried and cried, crumpled on her living room rug that was so rarely used it still smelled of the store. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could smell the sizzling garlic and onions from the street. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If I see someone has a suspicious nose, have I not smelled the same bad things.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment smelled the way it did because Stanley's fa-ther was trying to invent a way to recycle old sneakers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her childhood was as tangible as the shot silk—a taste, a sound, a smell, all of these, blended into an entity that was surely more than a mood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My dad handed us two egg sandwiches and gave my mom a to-go cup of what smelled like café con leche. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was a horrible smell: his own hair. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The inside of the car was stuffy and full of personal smells, even with the door open. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Bertha bustled around the kitchen, and before long the house was filled with all kinds of good smells and the countertops were covered with bowls of black-eyed peas and turnip greens. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Last time I helped paint trim at the marina on Singer Island, I smelled like bait for days. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

ME: Not unless they smell like cotton candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It smells like her, like talcum powder and perfume, and I have a dozen memories of Elsbeth in this dress. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Down here, some of the windows must have blown out as well: she smells more smoke. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mom knelt and wrapped me into her, and she smelled like a strange mix of old and new—like her flower shampoo and a newer, deeper scent of dark chocolate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But what with the juice running down my hand and me near about drunk on the butter smell, I am lost in a peach-peeling reverie. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In spite of her dark clothing she smelled sweet and it made me feel better to be near her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could smell the dust of the race track where the sprinkling cart had moistened it; and they could smell hamburgers frying and see balloons aloft. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Or the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if its mother keeps it tidy,” said Marilyn Roberts. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“If we can’t chase out the smell, maybe we can cover it up.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually figured out that Barack had arrived home from a trip not by the sound of his helicopter but rather by the smell of its fuel, which somehow managed to permeate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Jane pulls away from me for a second and says, "Something smells good. I mean, in addition to you." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I washed my face and hands, but even then I could smell it within the soap stinging, constricting the nostrils a little. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Food sellers roasted mealies and peanuts—the smell almost drove Nhamo mad. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He both looked and smelled like a drunken farmer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he cries over Margaret and he has no smell of drink on him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A stench came with them, the smell of unwashed bodies and soiled clothing, of nightsoil and urine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We scrunched up our noses at the smells of bloody fresh meat and musty dried fish, and lowered our heads from the bees that buzzed in thick clouds over the sheds of the honey sellers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Francie loved the smell of coffee and the way it was hot. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled like knockoff Ivory soap and powdered laundry detergent from a yellow box labeled “Laundry Detergent.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I breathe through my mouth in an attempt to diminish the smell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When he arrived in Anaheim — and saw the palm trees and orange groves, and smelled the citrus in the air — Carl said to himself, “This is heaven.” Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

I open the trunk, and the smell of mothballs blossoms upward. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of rain mingled with the sweet scent of honeysuckle, and crickets chirped in the huckleberry bushes along the edge of the woods. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It smelled of trees and flowers and a warm summer day. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew instantly because of the smell, of course. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

No. His friends didn’t smell like heavily perfumed monkey cages. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes had passed and the smell of baking cookies had started to sneak from the oven door and float around the kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It glistened under the lights and smelled like oranges, as if he’d just smoothed it out with oil. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was a slight smell of gasoline in the air, and even the glowworms whirling aimlessly through the night didn't seem to know what had brought them to this place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They smelled bitter, like the white sticky ooze that dribbled out from cut stems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the smell of wet pavement and marsh air. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Neither girl looked or smelled more appealing to him than before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ivy probably smelled like dirt and more dirt. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I laid my head cautiously against his shoulder, breathing in the smell of his skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was the clank of cooking, and the mineral smell of coal smoke. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The heavy smell of fried dough filled the space behind the stall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke clouds billowed from the floor, making donut-shaped rings that smelled like real donuts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From the smell of it, he knew this wasn’t the first time an animal had relieved itself on the rugless floor. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One telegraph boy made his way through the dark to an unlit alley that smelled of rotted fruit and was silent save for the receding hiss of gaslights on the street he had left behind. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The third day after the boy had awakened to the smell of ham bone and pork sausage, it was still cold and the wind still blew. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of dying leaves in the motionless gray morning as he shambled up onto the porch after a night’s fishing, and the full, fine growth in the cedar trees. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Father always smelled of bay rum, the shaving lotion he used, and Mother smelled of some kind of perfume or cologne. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing he thinks when he reaches the illuminated courtyard is that it smells the same, of smoke and caramel and something else that he cannot place. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The smell of the spices on the chicken wafted up, and a pang of hunger hit Moss again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Seriously, Otis is the name of old men who smell like cinnamon and barbecue sauce." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The sun shone down through a hazy sky, and there was the smell of burning in the air, as well as something less pleasant. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It smells faintly like metal and old trash. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The burnt smell of gunpowder came from his gun. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could still smell the hospital in my nose. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The birds were twittering and the breeze was blowing and you could smell the hay in the field next to us waving in the heat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you really smell it?” he asked me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the small fat shining bodies to him, and putting his nose into their soft necks he smelled of the sun-browned flesh with easy affection. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Just past an old, flooded shed, the ground turns spongy under my heels and sends up the bready smell of decomposing grasses. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t see his face, but she could smell him: the yellow stink of sulfur and stain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and thought of home; the smell of fresh-cut hay and the taste of raspberries. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of death had been festering in the afternoon heat, and now it was unbearable. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was enough for the moment to feel the warmth of the sun, smell the sea, see the sky. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that smells triggered memories, so I breathed in deep. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was so hot you could smell the heat baking the stones and dirt along the bank. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He smelled like cigarettes and cheap trucker cologne. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She always smelled clean to him, even in this reeking sty of a city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He could see the deep green of the grass, and smell the pollen on the wind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The smell was delicious—warm milk, potato skins, wheat middlings, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, and a popover left from the Zuckermans’ breakfast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I knew it was A1 by the way he smelled—I can still call the scent of lemongrass to mind. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the Uncle’s cabin was cool and smelled overwhelmingly of freshly cut roses. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The smell of nail polish has made me hungry. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around their heads, in the sweetness of a breeze that already smelled of summer, a dozen children blew up their blazing orange bananas and planets. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The room was cold and the air had a sour stale odor—the mixed smells of kerosene and silver polish and tobacco. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everything smells of rubber tires and new vinyl. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Entering the destroyed warehouse, the thick smell of burnt flesh quickens my pulse. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merlyn had remembered to give him the proper smell for the nest—for, if he had smelled of any other nest, they would have killed him at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled like mutton tallow and mountain sagebrush. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the handkerchief and smelled it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My jeans and underwear sit next to it in a crumpled pile; I can smell the urine from the bottom of the stairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of those things made me gag, but I loved doing math with someone who understood me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I want to lean my head back against the headrest and close my eyes and smell the pine and listen to the birds. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells like soap, the green bar kind. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The place had a rank, close smell of sweat and ale that made me feel slightly ill, used as I was to open air. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I loved all the sounds and smells of the festival—corn dogs and kettle corn and chili and funnel cakes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The smells were also bad—the sweat of unholy excitement, and blood. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could smell the incense trapped in his frock, like the fragrance of Ultima’s herbs was part of her clothes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smells like a wood fire outside, which means Old Joe and Older Joe are probably burning brush on the farm. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It smelled like her, and like bonobo, and like blood. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed, wrinkling his nose up at the sudden smell of dirt and manure coming from the animal pens. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

About 10 P.M., he smells a familiar cue: a coffee-roasting factory next to the redbrick station. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The smell of bus fumes fills the clear air. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Your mother was very beautiful but smelled strongly of onions, a lifelong condition she could do nothing to cure.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened except the granules immediately dissolved and a sweet smell, not unlike vanilla fudge, began to wisp up from the pot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the couch, knees up to my chest, the smell of blood and guts filling the air. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The wonderful smell of frying meat fills the air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I lie in bed thinking about those days when the streets smelled like smoke and ash, when the stores where we’d just bought candy were closed and all boarded up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of cold and horse and oiled leather filled her nose, and she could see the lacings of each small plate of their armor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And to myself I said, No telling about finding a brand-new Pa who whistled Temptations songs and smelled like a Christmas tree. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The next morning even the smell of Ruthanne's bacon and biscuits wasn’t enough to get me out of bed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It is so hot and stuffy, and the air smells bad, really bad, like hot dogs plus body odor plus beer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The smell of the snacks filled the street, sweet and beguiling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The air was hot and damp, but there was no smell of smoke. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never really understood what half-bloods “smell” like to monsters and satyrs, but I knew that your scent could get you killed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you smell any natural gas odor in there?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was warm, and covered in something heavy with a doggish animal smell. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The smell of warm cinnamon drifted through the kitchen door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The three soldiers approached the crater where the smell of cordite was strong. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t mind the smell of mustard gas and roses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The breeze delivered a whiff of Shelly’s tangerine perfume, which actually smelled pretty nice. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The smell is still Korean, irreparably so, cousin to that happy stink of my mother’s breath. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he opens his mouth, he smells sour. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The air smells like chemicals and old paper and warm bodies. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And there is another smell in the Packard now, above leather and whiskey, a stringent, metallic smell overpowering my grandfather’s deodorant: fear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But it still smells terrible, so I stop breathing out of my nose and only breathe from my mouth. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Poor Fig was locked in a metal cage, smothered with strange smells, and surrounded by furry howling inmates, while I sat here having breakfast. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Jon’s apartment over the luggage store is long and narrow and smells of acrylic and used socks, and has only two rooms plus the bathroom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room was bright and smelled like it had just been cleaned with the same oil soap my uncle used on our floors. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the cold wet, I smell dead magnolias. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her hair smelled like oranges and magnolia blossoms. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I like taking these walks during dinnertime because of the dinner smells wafting from the houses—toasted chiles, stewed meat, boiled beans. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sierra inhaled; the smell of fresh soil and recent rain surrounded her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After the hot, bright house she could smell the new autumn in the darkness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Usually his clothes and possessions just sort of melted into his animal shape, but apparently he still smelled like a yummy poison dinner. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There he smelled caches of game buried in the soft earth, but they were marked with powerful warning scents, so he did not dig them up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was the same smell that had assaulted Mark and Alec when they’d approached their own village after chasing down the Berg and marching back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I am in a bed in Amity headquarters, and the smell of sawdust is in the air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the business? Some of the cups smell bad.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Living in Faerie, it’s impossible not to notice that everyone else smells like verbena or crushed pine needles, dried blood or milkweed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She smelled the good morning wind rippling the curtains, bringing in the odor of grass and roots and damp earth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even the faint smell of fertilizer seems clean. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dragging the useless leg, she took a thick earthen bowl from a shelf and went to the fire, where a large pot simmered and smelled of herbs and vegetables. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The air was cool, wet, and smelled of musk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

You could smell the rain in the desert even before a drop fell. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The smells around him carried no lethal meaning. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moore rises out of her seat and tells us it’s the smell of the Jersey Shore. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was even more delicious than it smelled. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And of course all the smells to her kitchen were different. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could smell the unbearably sweet fragrance coming off his chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They wear dirty clothes and smell bad after days or weeks without bathing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was also a smell: the same smell that would drift upriver, years later, to find me in my bed or in the field hockey goal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Just because I like the smell and the feel and the spirit of her doesn't mean I have the right to hold her like this. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The smell of the ham in the oven filled the room. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Customers lolled at the tables and there were the smell of tobacco and the rustle of newspaper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sun is coming weakly through the clouds, the smell of wet grass warming up is in the air. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrew Brown’s print shop smelled of ink and grease and the sweat of muscular apprentices carrying trays of lead type from the composing table to the printing press. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want to hang on to anger any more than he wants the terrible smell to hang on Byrd, but it is hard to let go of Byrd’s visit to the school today. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That night when we returned home, I had ringing in my ears and my clothes smelled like the ashtray in the principal’s office at Main Street School. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The smell of stale grease and onions crawled over him, seeping from the walls, from the bed itself. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It smelled like raspberry Bubblicious-flavored perfume, which actually smelled very good. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, if Percy were the Tiber River, he’d probably want to mask the smell with cologne too. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I first liked the smell of perfume, and how Anna and I would lie in the darkness of our bedroom, in the warmth of our bed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe I had a major head wound or something, but it turns out it was the smell. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squirmed out of the boy’s arms to inspect his human more carefully, alarmed that he could have failed to notice an injury, although his sense of smell was never wrong. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The ship was there when I woke up, sure enough; and when I went inside it there was the most lovely smell and feeling and food to eat and—well, whatever you can think of. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of eggs and bacon wafts off the plate, a giant chocolate milk shake sitting on the tray next to it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The boys’ mouths taste of cigarettes and salt, their skin smells like Old Spice after-shave. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was certain grass would be as soft as a bed and smell like rain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of weed lingers in the air and most of the people around drink 40s like it’s going out of style. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But that voice seemed to be coming from some way off, and Sarai and Sparrow weren’t here right now, whereas Ruby was very near, and smelled very nice. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A great blaze was crackling in the center of the camp, and he could smell stew cooking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The bag stank, like he had kept old cabbages in it, and the loamy scent of the leaves trapped inside did nothing to improve the smell. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z