1.   An offensive odor was coming from the basement.

2.   A stale shrimp will be dry, with soft flesh, and have an offensive odor.

3.   Disputes between neighbors about loud noise, offensive odors, intrusive pets or wayward vegetation have been going on for centuries, and the exchanges can become rather unneighborly.

4.   Most painters prefer it as a paint thinner because it costs less, is not so sticky and has a less offensive odor than turpentine.

5.   Most doctors disapproved of the toilets, because they lacked a trap system that would keep noxious gases and offensive odors from entering the room through the toilet.

6.   Speaking of trades, a lot of NFL quarterbacks are trading in their jerseys for body casts, or are just being yanked because they emit an offensive odor.

7.   These chromides cause the irritations and offensive odors.

8.   While most attention on big hog operations has focused on the offensive odor, water pollution caused by the manure poses the biggest threat, environmentalists say.