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‘A scent can be strong.’

[⟨det scent.n⟩ strong.a]

Learned by Reading

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The effect was mesmerizing – so much incense, such a strong scent, so many sounds.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Chloe didn’t even have time to scream as her body was picked up by means unseen and she was flung backwards against the wall, the blow leaving her breathless and dizzy, wondering why the back of her head felt wet and why there was a strong metallic scent in the air.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The scent it leaves on the hands is VERY strong.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’s not my style, however, and I accidentally over – applied (stupid imp leak) and the scent is already quite strong, so I’m more concerned with washing it off than having my depression alleviated.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Incense wisped lightly from a bowl on the altar, but the scent was quite strong.
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In Wikipedia:

It has deep purple flowers between three and four inches across with a strong scent.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This one had a strong scent and kept the bathroom smelling nice for awhile after.
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In the British National Corpus:

He could feel the old wood beneath his fingers, smell the strong pine scent of the fire.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Then she stops, and there it is again: that strong scent of sandalwood that is so inextricably mixed with those other scents that they cannot be separated, and she thinks of it as if she’s saying it in one breath.
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In Wikipedia:

Numerous Pempek sellers and producers in Palembang use a cheaper combination of fish, which has a strong scent.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It would also be pretty nice if, once in a while, they did not smell like they’d fallen into a vat of very cheap perfume, reeking of a scent so strong, guys that empty cesspools would prefer to stay in their present environs than walk within a 50 mile radius of said individual.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It smelt familiar; a heady, strong scent that was neither appealing nor uninviting.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The scent was strong on his pillow and he dreamed of early summer nights in the garden. ii There were two blossoms carefully folded into his sleeping clothes the next day, adorning a box tied with a pale blue ribbon.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The scent is not very strong, so that’s nice.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A scent so strong even I could smell it.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The scent was so strong.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And there is usually a distinct shudder that goes through Him when the scent is very strong. * purrs * So hopefully, that explains it a bit better for those who were wondering.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A scent so strong it eradicated all memory of the scent of pollen, grass, water, and cold fall air? leaving only the wretched stench of iron and death.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Dean’s scent is too strong: getting to his head like a hundred proof liquor.
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Queried on 2013-05-25.