11.   The upstairs laboratories are hushed enclaves from which pungent odors emanate and combustible substances percolate.

12.   A strong wind or a heavy fog can intensify the pungent odor of burnt steel and ash.

13.   Agha, the village chief, displayed a metal plate of harvested opium, a brown, gooey mound resembling molasses, with a pungent odor.

14.   Many visitors balk at the pungent odor of the fermented cabbage dish, which lingers on the breath for hours.

15.   Pungent odors of grilled kebabs wafted over open sacks of orange lentils and multihued beans.

16.   The pungent odor of tobacco once almost synonymous with France is still a part of the scene.

17.   Yokohama commuters reported smelling a pungent odor which provoked respiratory problems and nausea.