Sample Sentences for
rancid
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    I could feel The Mother's rancid breath on my neck and hear her cold voice chanting that there was no escape and that she would never let me go.  (source)
    rancid = bad smelling
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    Partly because his rancid smell was now up close and personal.  (source)
    rancid = repugnant or offensive
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    good fat didn't reach the zeks, and the rancid all went into the soup kettle  (source)
    rancid = a state of decomposition of oils or fats such that they smell and taste bad
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    Albert Left Hand was a short, fat man who smelled of rancid mutton tallow.  (source)
    rancid = rotting (smelling bad)
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    Kate was afraid her own urine had contributed to the rancidness of the air.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    To the college guys in the dorm room with ... and the couch that smelled like rancid beer.  (source)
    rancid = a state of decomposition that smells bad
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    No keeping rotten food in the cupboards or leaving rancid dishes in the sink.†  (source)
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    I opened the microwave, and the bottom of it was filled with rancid grease.†  (source)
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    Neumann One shoulders out, something rancid in his eyes.†  (source)
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    Like he was rotting, decomposing, his insides turning as rancid as his outside felt.†  (source)
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    His words emerged in wet bubbles like something from a rancid bog.†  (source)
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    In a fresher one, there was still some milk, but it was rancid.†  (source)
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    Not as rancid as the hallway, still smelling of decay, but somehow sharply metallic.†  (source)
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