fustiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fustiness
Noun
  • Organizations that treat Generative AI as a set of apps will see temporary productivity bumps—followed by competitive obsolescence.
    John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • There are now more than two decades’ worth of experimental websites, art projects on defunct social networks, and vernacular digital images that have simply been lost to technological obsolescence and disuse.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • The fair’s eleventh edition hosted 91 international exhibitors, including 13 new galleries that showcased modern and contemporary art, antiquities, jewelry and design objects.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Its New York offshoot shows much more recent art: Two-thirds of exhibitors are modern and contemporary galleries, and other exhibitors offer antiquities and jewelry.
    Farah Nayeri, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Listen to the fans thrumming above, passing the stench of death between rooms.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
  • One persistent theory was that plants produce these compounds passively, through oxidation of more common precursor chemicals, or that these plants partner with bacteria to produce their stenches.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • As the Rockies tried to get him out of his season-long funk, Toglia was benched for three games during last week’s homestand.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
  • Why is Inter Miami mired in a month-long funk and down to sixth place in the Eastern Conference heading into a road game Saturday against first-place Philadelphia Union?
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The whole enterprise reeks of Marvel-itis with its endless callbacks.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
  • Fish, their main food source, reek of fuel from boats that carried people down the Turquesa.
    Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • What's surprising is that senior Republican lawmakers are also making a stink.
    Daniel R. DePetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
  • Rodriguez is teaming up with Lysol to champion the tireless work of sports officials and make one part of their job easier – tackling the stink of post-game laundry with Lysol Laundry Sanitizer.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Fustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fustiness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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