That "other's" presence struck her like a stale odor or a string out of tune: it was wrong, somehow.

Both were stale odors, as if whatever had occurred here had done so many years ago.

It had a sharp, musty flavor and a stale odor.

The interior had a stale, musty odor, especially with the afternoon sun cooking the stagnant air.

A musty, stale odor was drifting in from the space behind it.

A stale, tainted odor rose from the new mud flats.

The brothers grimaced at the stale musty odor which greeted them.

The desktop was blank; the air had a stale odor.

They shoved by, the stale odour of the gatekeeper's body making them choke.

The air had the stale odor of an old steamer trunk.