scent

Definition:
1. The pleasant smell that something has.
2. The smell that a person or an animal leaves behind and that other animals such as dogs can follow.
3. A liquid with a pleasant smell that you wear on your skin to make it smell nice.

Use 'scent' in a sentence:

• 1. As he crumbled the rich black soil, she saw he was sniffing up the scent of the soil.
• 2. The dogs must have lost her scent.
• 3. The scent of lemons filled the hall.
• 4. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
• 5. The breeze wafted with scents of the grass.
• 6. "Whether the volunteers like the flower scent or not didn't matter," Hersh says, "Some reported that they hated the smell, but they still were more likely to buy the shoes in the scented room."
• 7. A slight breeze rose, wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her.
• 8. Lie back and luxuriate in the scented oil.
• 9. I can't bear this scent.
• 10. The scent of climbing roses wafts through the window.
• 11. She dabbed herself with scent.
• 12. Spain has lovely white towns and the scent of oranges, but it is also a treasury of ancient remains including the cities left by the Greeks, Romans and Arabs.
• 13. A police dog picked up the murderer's scent.
• 14. A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, via scent machines.
• 15. She bent very close to them and sniffed the fresh scent of the damp earth.
• 16. A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust.
• 17. The hounds followed their game by scent.
• 18. The scent of the flowers was wafted along by the breeze.
• 19. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store's windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.
• 20. The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
• 21. Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him.
• 22. Republicans from Pennsylvania and New York are scenting victory.
• 23. The scent of that crispy brown turkey, fluffy mashed potatoes, savory stuffing, and assorted vegetables made my mouth water.
• 24. Through the window I caught the scent of syringa mixed with the smell of grass.
• 25. What is that scent the puffs of wind bring?
• 26. In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by scent.
• 27. Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie on the lush grass.
• 28. The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills.
• 29. Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.
• 30. A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent.
• 31. The scent of victory was in the air.
• 32. Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent.
• 33. First, the chemicals deposited on the rub provide information on the individual identity of an animal; no two mammals produce the same scent.
• 34. Buck rubs also have a scent produced by glands in the foreheads of deer that is transferred to the tree when the rub is made.
• 35. When the rats detect the scent, they stop and rub their legs to indicate a sample of infected.
• 36. Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.
• 37. These flowers have no scent.
• 38. Roses scented the night air.
• 39. By then, the team was scenting victory.
• 40. The dog scented a rabbit.
• 41. He crawled from print to print, sniffing at the earth, following the scent left in the tracks.
• 42. The air was heavy with the scent of flowers.
• 43. The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers.
• 44. The white flowers are pleasantly scented.
• 45. You might just lie back and let the scent of lavender and the sound of falling water quiet your anxiety while a licensed massage therapist eases the crick in your neck.
• 46. The oil is used to flavour and perfume soaps, foam baths, and scents.
• 47. The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room.
• 48. The press could scent a scandal.