cigarette

Example Sentences

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After dinner, it was announced that the smoke alarms would be turned off for 10 minutes to allow Britain's Greatest Living Artist a cigarette.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

In Kim Eunho’s 1927 ink and color painting on silk, “Woman Reading the Fortune of the Day,” a hostess in traditional hanbok dress whiles away her break with gaming tiles as a cigarette smolders nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

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

The company said global industry volumes in its traditional cigarette market would likely be lower than previously expected this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Awkwardly, for she still had her cigarette, she picked up the vase and balanced it on the rim of the basin.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan