Only Lothero, of all the others, could stand Sakamoto's graveolent presence. From Wordnik.com. [vignette: zombies (for andrew)] Reference
Senegal, detected in this graveolent substance, fit only for wheel-axles, a threefold property, that of smelling like violets, of tasting like oil of olives, and tinging victuals like saffron, with a colour still finer. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
The stratum of the earth is black and pitchy, and the springs beneath it are of a dark and graveolent water. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilgrims of the Rhine] Reference
Now I was getting tired, and bored with the whole business, and stifled with the close atmosphere -- laden with every graveolent horror; besides. From Wordnik.com. [Border and Bastille] Reference
The older travellers were certainly not blasés; they seemed to find pleasure and beauty wherever they looked: Ca da Mosto (1455), visiting the Senegal, detected in this graveolent substance, fit only for wheel-axles, a threefold property, that of smelling like violets, of tasting like oil of olives, and tinging victuals like saffron, with a colour still finer. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
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