adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the fetid streets of the slum
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fetid light blazed from Old Saul's sockets.
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He could almost feel hot, fetid breath warming his skin.
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I went into the street where, after the fetid air of the synagogue, I breathed in the fresh air gratefully.
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It ventured forth only to kill cattle or flatten crops, poisoning the air with its fetid breath.
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Sickness caused by overcrowding, and the damp, fetid conditions had appalled him.
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The fetid smell of swamp seeped through the concrete.
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There were no masses of poor crushed together in fetid slums, scrabbling for every crust.
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Water oozed out of the walls and as each night wore on, the heat distilled a fetid and poisonous atmosphere.