reeks of

This midday darkness reeks of foul magic! My men and I are trying to keep the peace, but this kind of thing really scares people.

Beneath me , this awful city. It screams like an abattoir full of retarded children. . . and the night reeks of fornication and bad.

The victim's face is buried in her hands, but her hunched body reeks of fear.

And Hamas leaders, though desperate for a ceasefire, will balk at any deal that reeks of capitulation.

Buddy, Italian football reeks of corruption, violence, racism, diving and cheating.

Ask Pedley to come boating with us next Sunday! Don't be funny! Why, the man reeks of the odour of sanctity.

All through my childhood, Kurast was a paradise. The once perfumed air now reeks of putrefaction .

Britain's House of Commons reeks of conflict. The rival parties glare at one another from opposite benches.

Governing, conversely , is a labyrinth of red tape that often reeks of failures and false starts.

The growing protectionist sentiment in the US and Europe is particularly noisome because it reeks of so much hypocrisy.

People often shy away from a moral view of the world, if only because moral certitude reeks of intolerance and bigotry.

Many think that to speak of headship within the marriage relationship reeks of prejudice, inequality, and injustice.

Disgusting, this washbowl reeks of effluent!

The trouble is that falling short still reeks of mediocrity ; for them, to say otherwise is to spin the result.

He may not smell of alcohol but he reeks of loneliness.

It works, but it reeks of inefficiency.

A rat might walk into a meadow that looks free of predators, for example, but that reeks of fresh cat urine.

His behavior reeks of corruption.

I am usually sceptical when I read claims like this because it reeks of commercial exploration.

The emergency room reeks of stale urine.

This place reeks of rotten meat.

For me, it still reeks of 1995 Western design.

However, his family background reeks of privilege.

The window curtain is full of dust and the room reeks of cigars.

This life long competition still reeks of repetition

Now every public servant reeks of suspicion,

a ghost that had its limbs torn off reeks of blood