redolent

in a sentence

It is redolent of the language of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

The air was redolent with the odor of flowers; the nose was constantly amazed by it.  (source) Stephen King, Carrie, 1974

Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hyper-mint extract, redolent of all the heady odors of the dark Qualactin Zones, subtle, sweet and mystic.  (source) Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 1979

It is something sweet, some scent redolent of school lunchrooms on rainy Thursdays.  (source) Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses, 2013

Lodged in my every cell, along with the DNA, are molecules of topsoil and atrazine and paraquat and anhydrous ammonia and diesel fuel and plant dust, and also molecules of memory: the bracing summer chill of floating on my back in Mel's pond, staring at the sky; the exotic redolence of the dresses in my mother's closet; the sharp odor of wet tomato vines; the stripes of pain my father's belt laid across my skin; the deep chill of waiting for the school bus in the blue of a winter's dawn.†  (source) Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres, 1991

You can almost feel the warm breath of the brown river beyond the river warehouses with their faint redolences of bananas and coffee.†  (source) Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1947

I entered the immaculate little shop, redolent of freshly sawn pine and oak, and found him working at a shrieking band saw.  (source) Homer Hickam, October Sky, 1998

A furry redolence of cinnamon arose from the sack, wafted across Jessica.†  (source) Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965

Peter and I possess a similar command of Korean, though perhaps his grasp is slightly better, his bah-rharn or accent, or, literally, "breeze," is more authentic, still deeply redolent of the old country.  (source) Chang-rae Lee, Native Speaker, 1995

I poked around, catching an occasional trace of some childhood redolence.†  (source) Don DeLillo, White Noise, 1985

M. Bouc's tone was redolent of heartfelt disgust.  (source) Agatha Christie, Murder On The Orient Express, 1934

I think the soaked concrete of the borough must smell a little of Venice, or what I imagine of Venice, a redolence consumptive, intestinal.†  (source) Chang-rae Lee, Native Speaker, 1995

This home was redolent of new wood and clean matting.  (source) John Hersey, Hiroshima, 1946