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- adjective Having a
pleasant scent . - adjective figuratively
liked ,appreciated orrespected .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a natural fragrance
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Examples
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The other girls twitter as she makes a pretense of sipping the sweet-smelling tea (for Real Women have the self-control to stave off such primitive drives as hunger and thirst).
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He rolled over once on the long, sweet-smelling grass and bounced to his feet, shaking out the last kinks from the night before.
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Must be a bear desperate for sweet-smelling breath.
John Shore: Why Pastors Struggle With Confronting Domestic Violence John Shore 2011
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On Sept. 1, 1944, in Mattoon, Ill., a woman reported to police that a man lurking outside her bedroom window sprayed her and her daughter with a sweet-smelling gas that left them dizzy and nauseated.
Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Conversion Disorder and Mass Hysteria M.D. Scott Mendelson 2012
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Must be a bear desperate for sweet-smelling breath.
John Shore: Why Pastors Struggle With Confronting Domestic Violence John Shore 2011
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She lifted out sweet-smelling vanilla lotion and fragrant homemade lavender soaps.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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Consider pairing any of these ideas, or a personal peace ensemble of your own with a sweet-smelling, clean-burning, top-selling soy candle like WoodWick's Twinkling Spice Holiday Candle.
Katie Campbell: Winning the War Against Holiday Shopping Katie Campbell 2011
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Consider pairing any of these ideas, or a personal peace ensemble of your own with a sweet-smelling, clean-burning, top-selling soy candle like WoodWick's Twinkling Spice Holiday Candle.
Katie Campbell: Winning the War Against Holiday Shopping Katie Campbell 2011
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In it she has put a soft yellow banana, a sweet-smelling guava, a round juicy orange ...
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On Sept. 1, 1944, in Mattoon, Ill., a woman reported to police that a man lurking outside her bedroom window sprayed her and her daughter with a sweet-smelling gas that left them dizzy and nauseated.
Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Conversion Disorder and Mass Hysteria M.D. Scott Mendelson 2012
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