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

"It will be nicer, more green bushes, more sofas, more places to train, and of course, take away the cigarette boxes. They are not allowed to smoke," Wessman explained.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 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

Robbie had put down his trowel and stood to roll a cigarette, a hangover from his Communist Party time—another abandoned fad, along with his ambitions in anthropology, and the planned hike from Calais to Istanbul.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan