"For me," Vaughn said, "it's kind of tough to smell that cut grass and dirt a little bit."

I swear Goshen he can smell dirt.

"There's no way you can't get sick after smelling all that dust and dirt," said Mrs. Godbee, a school guidance counselor.

She could smell dirt and green grass.

Hank's car, she thought, suddenly smelling old sweat and dirt.

I smelled dirt, a rare smell up here.

Morgan avoided them, moving aside to let those he encountered pass, smelling the sweat and dirt of their bodies and the stench of the streets.

In the hot midafternoon sun, she smelled dirt, and the faint odor of organic decay.

She smelled fresh dirt and turned toward the scent.

She smelled raw dirt and scared men and the green of the steppes.