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

Rodent repellent, cigarette packets, and piles of very old newspapers are also among their finds.

From BBC • May 4, 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

Joe on the floor next to Mama’s bed, right next to the cigarette lighter that she had been looking for this morning.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper