| 1. | He was back in a moment, and I smelt a strong reek of brandy as he passed me. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | All the uses and scents of the brewery might have evaporated with its last reek of smoke. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 4. | As reek o' th' rotten fens, whose loves I priz. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | Now, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | Saw sighs reek from you, noted well your passion. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Counter-gate, which is as hateful to me as the reek of. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | Lang may your lum reek and your kailpot boil My tipple. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 9. | Afar, in a reek of lust and squalor, hands are laid on whiteness. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 10. | The Faubourg Saint-Germain reeks of the fagot even now. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |