A hint of a strange odor, a scent that he knew too well.
The strange odor prevented the teacher from drinking the coffee, the police said Monday.
The officers later reported smelling a strange odor, which was eventually found to be bodies in the back of his room.
Some students said they often detected a strong, strange odor near the wells.
By this time, my nose was beginning to sniff a strange odor of "fish."
Later, some asserted they smelled a strange odor at about the same time.
He first made a face, the kind of expression a man might make if there was a strange or unpleasant odor in the room.
Quite often in those days our house would be invaded by strange odors.
It gave off a faint odor, not unpleasant but strange.
A few of them sniffed as if she had a strange odor.