Scented
['sentɪd] or ['sɛntɪd]
Definition
(adj.) (used in combination) having the odor of; 'clean-scented laundry'; 'a manure-scented barnyard' .
(adj.) having the sense of smell; 'keen-scented hounds' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Scent
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Examples
- Captain Lydgate's stupidity was delicately scented, carried itself with style, talked with a good accent, and was closely related to Sir Godwin. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was a beautiful letter, highly scented, on a pink paper, and with a light green seal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And Adolph tossed his head, and passed his fingers through his scented hair, with a grace. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And it is plain that in the second instance, as in the first, the church scented rebellion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was not fascinated, only puzzled, by his grinning, his simpering, his scented cambric handkerchief, and his high-heeled lacquered boots. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He wiped his pale face with a large yellow bandanna pocket-handkerchief that was prodigiously scented. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of the scented soap like a perfumer's shop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The sweet-scented leaves of the flower on my left hand just brushed my cheek as I lightly rested my head against the railing. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With those words, he released me--which I was glad of, for his hand smelt of scented soap--and went his way downstairs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Besides which, he quite scented the dining-room with bear's-grease and other perfumery. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Everything about her was warm and soft and scented: even the stains of her grief became her as rain-drops do the beaten rose. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- With those words he slowly sank back again into the chair, and took refuge in his scented pocket-handkerchief. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Rebecca said, putting her handkerchief to her eyes, and smelling the eau-de-cologne with which it was scented. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His four ringleaders he had soon scented out and run down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They were quieter now, owing to the absence of man, but as they scented me they became more restless and their hideous noise increased. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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