The compost pile has a putrid smell because it has not been turned over enough. From LearnThat.org.
The putrid atmosphere of the court. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
putrid decomposition. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Lol post 59 that letter from Verizon is plain putrid!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Telco Liability: Falkenrath Gets It Wrong] Reference
This dangerous disease is sometimes called putrid or ulcerous sore throat. From Wordnik.com. [The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.] Reference
How did the richest country on Earth end up watching children cry for food in putrid encampments on the evening news?. From Wordnik.com. [09/13/2005] Reference
Mr Rosewarne described Paremoremo as "putrid" - the worst he had visited in Australia. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I am not settling for that kind of putrid journalism. From Wordnik.com. [Students Organize Media Reform Group, Make Plans to Send Group to NCMR] Reference
I hope it only bothers me that "putrid" refers to the sense of smell and "ring" to hearing. From Wordnik.com. [Effetes of Strength: The Dandies of Cycling] Reference
The young tree requires manure, such as putrid fish and stimulating compounds, containing a portion of salt. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
But back to what I was saying with the "putrid" angle. From Wordnik.com. [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds]
You think I don't know what kind of putrid mass your brains are made of?. From Wordnik.com. [An Arab Woman Blues. Reflections in a sealed bottle...] Reference
I wonder if someone started complaining about the "putrid" taste suddenly appearing in the water. From Wordnik.com. [Documenting Reality] Reference
A visiting Australian union leader, Colin Rosewarne, described Paremoremo as "putrid" and Mt Eden as simply "archaic". From Wordnik.com. [TUMEKE!] Reference
In an effort to obtain the precise word to describe this abomination of modern mainstream filmmaking, I looked up "putrid" in a thesaurus. From Wordnik.com. [Weekly Dig - Humor, News + Nightlife] Reference
Below three other Elevators sit in putrid slavery. From Wordnik.com. [Why is There Scientist Instead of Wisdom?] Reference
He slapped and kicked at me as he gurgled in the putrid water. From Wordnik.com. [The Mouths of Babes] Reference
The sky, which was putrid and boiling, turns duck feather white. From Wordnik.com. [The Philosophy of Charlie Parker] Reference
If hard set, putrid, or stale, an egg often bursts when touched. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The river oozes through town like a putrid ribbon of black sludge. From Wordnik.com. [Putrid Rivers Of Sludge] Reference
I have found to be egregious, its cesspool waters grey and putrid. From Wordnik.com. [From Ho Chi Minh City with Love] Reference
The drinking water in the casks attached to the life rafts was putrid. From Wordnik.com. [Dead In the Water] Reference
Some offer no latrines at all, while others provide putrid port-o-potties. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Bell: Citizen Mobilization for Housing in Haiti (The Urgency of Housing, Part IV)] Reference
In putrid cases, not only the syrup, but also the gargle will do good service. From Wordnik.com. [Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms] Reference
They inched closer and closer and he could smell their putrid breath on his skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Star Witness] Reference
The wild thing's trunk stretches out so close you feel it's moist, putrid breath on your neck. From Wordnik.com. [Elephant] Reference
The smell, putrid and penetrating, threw him into flight out of the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Tarzan] Reference
Given the Nationals 20-15 start, it took some putrid baseball to wait this long for their 63rd win. From Wordnik.com. [The significance of not losing 100] Reference
Empty headed as I am, she used putrid glue to secure the metal monstrosity on my top for posterity. From Wordnik.com. [Where is Love?] Reference
All that was left in the wake of our frequent rendezvous were empty snuff cans and a trail of putrid spit. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn: Finally Tough Enough To Give Up Snuff] Reference
Thirty years ago its mightiest rivers were putrid with sewage and sludge, and few fish could survive the stew. From Wordnik.com. [Unfinished Business] Reference
LOHR: But when we test a bowl of shrimp that Lampila tainted with a small amount of ammonia, it's pungent and putrid. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf Fish Cordoned Off For Seafood Sniffers' Inspection] Reference
Drowley didn't wait for Edwin to respond, departing from the putrid smell of the stables as soon as he finished speaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Oaten Hands] Reference
We hide in tents pitched in the Outdoors section of Target and spray putrid lilac perfume at the feet of passing shoppers. From Wordnik.com. [What They Meant] Reference
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