NOISOME in a Sentence

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1. The noisome atmosphere downwind of the oil refinery not only stank, it damaged the lungs of everyone living in the area.

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 Meanings and Examples of NOISOME
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noisome
 a.  foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
Classic Sentence:
1  His blind and aged father and his gentle sister lay in a noisome dungeon while he enjoyed the free air and the society of her whom he loved.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  The doctor and valet lifted the cloak with which he was covered and, making wry faces at the noisome smell of mortifying flesh that came from the wound, began examining that dreadful place.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXII
Example Sentence:
1  The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome, reeking of decay, it was a visible miasma.
2  The noisome atmosphere downwind of the oil refinery not only stank, it damaged the lungs of everyone living in the area.