Looking for what, for the sharp, distinctive reek of guilt?

There was a sharp, caustic reek in the air that seared her nostrils and the back of her throat.

Near the edge of the woods, a faint breeze carried a sharp canine reek.

Shocked silence followed the sound of the shot and the air was strong with the sharp reek of gunpowder.

But over the smell of burning autumn leaves lay the sharp reek of ozone.

The sharp reek of medical alcohol hit her like a wave; the three army hospital orderlies had been drinking it.

The scent of his pomade vied with the sharp reek of marijuana.

The sharp reek of ozone flooded the air.

Their robes were limp and stained with sweat; the sharp reek of fear filled William's nostrils.

Could they sniff us out, hidden as we were beneath the sharp reek of spruce and hemlock?