Translations for „reeking“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . reek [ri:k] N

reek

Gestank m

reek

[übler] Geruch

II . reek [ri:k] VB intr

1. reek (smell bad):

reek

übel riechen [o. stinken]

to reek of alcohol/garlic/manure

übel nach Alkohol/Knoblauch/Dünger riechen [o. stinken]

2. reek fig (be pervaded with):

reek

stinken fig inf

to reek of corruption/favouritism/racism

nach Korruption/Vetternwirtschaft/Rassismus stinken

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Lick continued to slink around in his one filthy, reeking suit, friendless and disheveled, despised by everyone.

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The lifeless seas, filthy and reeking, crept up on mankind, inch by inch.

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There has never yet been an attacker who was not reeking with crime.

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The island now is infertile, crowded, reeking with gas fumes and the dust from the bauxite plant.

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The area was full of tortuous and narrow lanes, badly drained and reeking with foul odours, thickly populated and miserably housed.

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I found intolerable my further daily association with men, however gracious and accommodatingwho were still reeking with the blood of nearly a million human beings.

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