cigarette

Example Sentences

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Pyle admired the clear-eyed message of Mauldin’s cartoons, such as one depicting Willie—slumped, exhausted, a cigarette dangling from his lips—as he stands before an Army medic assigned to hand out medals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

There’s no casino floor to walk through and no lingering cigarette smoke.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Pereira is then seen moving the object, propping it up against the MI5 HQ doors, with a green cigarette lighter positioned nearby.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

He studied and wrote poetry in detention, penning his verses on cigarette boxes when he couldn't access paper.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

In wintertime it would be quite dark when he climbed from his bed made out of the cigarette box, and he sometimes shivered with cold as he stood in his nightgown doing his exercises.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White