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  • verb Present participle of scent.

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Examples

  • Deodorant, shampoo/conditioner/hair product, laundry soap, face creams and sunscreens, even makeup all contain scenting agents.

    Archive 2006-11-01 kittenpie 2006

  • Deodorant, shampoo/conditioner/hair product, laundry soap, face creams and sunscreens, even makeup all contain scenting agents.

    Scents-less kittenpie 2006

  • He stood there like something carved, then reached up and pulled his hat off and ran his fingers through his hair, shifting his weight uneasily, like a stag scenting danger.

    Wild Blood Horton, Naomi 1997

  • He asked if I would like a "scenting" of cherry on the couch, but when we mentioned we had small children, he said to skip the smell because some children can be sensitive to it.

    Giving the Old Family Couch a Good Sudsing 2010

  • But after a while one grows tired of "scenting" roses; and even the trying to walk straight across the bowling-green with her eyes shut, from the arbor at one side to the arbor exactly like it at the other, grew stupid, though no doubt it would have been capital fun with a companion to applaud or criticize.

    The Cuckoo Clock 1893

  • But after a while one grows tired of "scenting" roses; and even the trying to walk straight across the bowling-green with her eyes shut, from the arbour at one side to the arbour exactly like it at the other, grew stupid, though no doubt it would have been capital fun with a companion to applaud or criticize.

    The Cuckoo Clock Mrs. Molesworth 1880

  • But after a while one grows tired of "scenting" roses; and even the trying to walk straight across the bowling-green with her eyes shut, from the arbour at one side to the arbour exactly like it at the other, grew stupid, though no doubt it would have been capital fun with a companion to applaud or criticize.

    The Cuckoo Clock Mrs. Molesworth 1880

  • "There is, besides, an excellent kind of scenting dogs, though small, yet worthy of estimation.

    The Dog William Youatt 1811

  • He did not know that it was a wolverine, standing outside, all a-trembling with its own daring, and cautiously scenting out the contents of the cave.

    The Wall of the World 2010

  • Scotland expected, scenting vulnerability in an England squad stuffed with tyros, but the opening summed up what was to come.

    Brad Barritt revels in England's rock-like solidarity against Scotland 2012

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