The door came open at his touch, and Stone smelled cordite in the air, raising the short hairs on his nape.

I pushed myself upright and smelled cordite.

According to him, the cannons ceased to fire after the first ten rounds, and he began to smell cordite.

Bolan slowed his pace when he smelled cordite on the breeze.

Banks could smell cordite from the gunfire.

As late as he was, Istvan Divany had smelled cordite in the air.

He could smell cordite, almost taste it on his tongue.

Bloom could smell cordite on Graham's clothes.

He could smell cordite from the firing range in his shirt.

Blood had coagulated on the sidewalk like a sticky patch of motor oil, and I could still smell cordite.