cigarette

Example Sentences

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Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Smoking litter and cigarette butts were spotted on 88.1% of the roads surveyed, while confectionery packaging was found on 80.7%.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

It contrasts the small “makeshift consolations” of our ephemeral human-scale lives—a shared cigarette, a game of cards—with the grand forces of progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It is also present in cigarette smoke and processed meats.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

At last he stopped to roll a cigarette, and then the mute nodded his head in the direction of the clock, smiled in that hidden way of his, and got up from the table.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers