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Several hours later, he and his wife smelled a foul burning odor.

One owner told the agency that a burning odor, and then flames, came from the door.

Some rooms were charred and gave off a burnt odor.

A distinct burning odor drifted toward them from the smoking fires.

It possesses a faint burning odor and a bitter taste.

It didn't smell like much of anything-just a slight burned odor from the kitchen.

It was the burned odor of ruin and decay.

A burning odor of hot oil permeated the cab.

We put on our robes and rushed out, only to smell a bitter, burning odor at the end of the hall.

The problem began just after the second intermission, when some patrons detected a faint burning odor.

It stung and there was a burning odour.

The lunar dust that clings to your suit and boots has a burnt odor to it.

A musty, burning odor hangs in the air.

From the blackened depths The Shadow detected a burnt odor.

And then I notice somethingthe hives, the burning odor, and the music are gone.

Joe: On a flight back to New York from California, there was a burning odor.

Nothing other than the burnt odor.

The teachers, students, and driver had smelled the burning odor during both the first couple of downhill and uphill miles on the return journey.

She smelled a faint burned odor, like an electric plug beginning to overheat and short-circuit.

Afterwards, the plane began to shake and the lights went out, and Beawiharta said he could smell a burning odor.

There was an old furnace; from it, The Shadow detected the burnt odor that he had sniffed before.

The burnt odor was stifling.

The area was strong with the smell of sawn wood and the faint burnt odour that a power saw produces when the blade dulls.

Burning odors and crashing sounds bring the scenes back with terrifying clarity, and at these moments Alan has never really left ground zero.

It stung and there was a burning odour.

The area was strong with the smell of sawn wood and the faint burnt odour that a power saw produces when the blade dulls.

Such a device operates by effectively closing a switch at a pre-set temperature to prevent ignition, smoke or burning odour.

MEKP is a highly reactive, colourless liquid organic oxidizer, with a pungent burning odour.

The groundman could smell a burning odour too and alerted the MCpl, and people scrambled to do an emergency engine shutdown.

While conducting the end-of-day security check of the 14 AMS Component Shop, they noticed a faint burning odour.

Twenty-eight were for air quality (drafts from vents and foul odours, etc). One reported a burning odour, and this was caused by a rubber band on a heat vent.

Kaitlyn Lasitter, who was 13 at the time, said in a court statement she remembered cables whipping against her body, a burning odour, and a fear that she might not survive.

A safety device to prevent HRC operates by effectively monitoring for abnormal thermal rise and will prevent ignition, smoke or burning odour of the electrical accessory or electrical installation.

He looked over their car and confirmed the presence of black ash in various areas, both inside and on the exterior of the vehicle, and likened it to fine silicon sand with a burnt odour to it.

When a Jinn is in the vicinity, a person might experience a strange perfume/flowery smell or terrible odour of rotten flesh, or burning odour even though no possible source of those smell/odour can be found.

The nurse describes the moment she arrives in a snowbound Rikuzentakata, her nose irritated by a "sharp, burnt odour", the only sound that of military and media helicopters circling a town that, aside from a few gutted buildings, no longer exists.

All of the few observers, however, agree as to the violent gust from the west and the flood of intolerable stench which preceded the belated stroke, whilst evidence concerning the momentary burned odour after the stroke is equally general.

Every time there is a burning smell in the air.

The only improvement was that the burning smell didn't make it down this far.

"There seemed to be no obvious explanation for the burning smell."

Some of those aboard reported a burning smell in the cabin.

And I think that burning smell is back too.

In his place, there was a puff of smoke and a burning smell.

He thought there was an odd burnt smell on the stairs.

Unbelievably, this had been the source of the burning smell.

The flight crew experienced a burning smell during the climb.

The windows were open and a burnt smell drifted through the screen.

Initially there was a burning smell, then smoke and flames.

Along with the steam was a strong burned smell.

She couldn't make out much beyond but the sweet, burned smell of rum punch.

In many cases the drivers reported a burning smell or melting of electrical parts.

Smoke rolled through the chambers, and the air had a burnt smell to it.

A burning smell or smoke may accompany the problem.

Despite a slight burning smell, the only problem was a short circuit in a duct.

A burning smell was coming from the utilities room in the building followed by the power cycling on and off rapidly.

Shortly after departure the crew became aware of an electrical burning smell.

I went to fetch something from the kitchen and smelt an electrical burning smell.

"Sir, what's that awful burning smell and why are we slowing down?"

The salt reduces the smoke and lightens the heavy burning smell.

Though it was soaked through, the hair had a stale, burning smell that she recognized immediately.

The toasted, burned smell of the dunes drifted into the tent.

He smiled and inhaled deeply as the rich, burnt smell filled the room.