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How to pronounce reeking in English?

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Synonyms watery


wiped his reeking neck.
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Examples of reeking

reeking
It literally stinks, reeking of rotten paper, like a leaky library in a monsoon.
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He'll show up for meetings in rumpled clothes, reeking from not having showered.
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At the back of his reeking street stall, a cage full of half-alive birds watch.
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Can you follow up with her without reeking of desperation or looking like a pest?
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Mussed up and messed up and reeking of Canadian Club he was washed up and knew it.
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The agents weren't interested in making a pot bust, and left reeking of smoke.
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One lurches into me on the metro, Moscow's super-efficient subway, reeking of vodka.
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The fumes are still reeking, still within whiffing distance of big-league clubhouses.
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Have you ever been arrested shirtless, soaking wet and reeking of alcohol?
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  • Malodor: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
  • Smack: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
  • Smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
  • Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
  • Give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"
  • (reeking) wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck"
  • (reeking) giving off a strong unpleasant smell
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