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  • You act like a bunch of little babies, smell's like jealousy to me.

    Gibbs jumps on Steele report 2009

  • We have Proust to thank for the comparative sophistication of our understanding of smell's most uncanny trick -- the way a familiar odor conjures up whole episodes of your long-ago life in vivid multisensory detail.

    Bonnie Blodgett: Anosmia: the Quiet Killer 2010

  • We have Proust to thank for the comparative sophistication of our understanding of smell's most uncanny trick -- the way a familiar odor conjures up whole episodes of your long-ago life in vivid multisensory detail.

    Bonnie Blodgett: Anosmia: the Quiet Killer 2010

  • "I'll explain it back in my room, the smell's getting to me, " said Ron.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • But as it stands right now, the smell's dissipating.

    CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007 2007

  • Two more minutes and this smell's gonna make me puke. '

    Not the End of the World Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1998

  • "Golly! the smell's come back," said Fatty, wrinkling up his nose.

    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957

  • The smell's coming through the ventilation system, so the thing's moving around in the port section.

    The Winds of Time James H. Schmitz 1946

  • I expect it's the smell that does the good really -- and the smell's exactly the same. '

    The Phoenix and the Carpet 1891

  • 'It's about time you was buried, if the smell's anything to go by,' said Harlow, addressing Wantley, who laughed and appeared to think he had distinguished himself.

    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890

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