How to Use cigarette in a Sentence

cigarette

noun
Definition of cigarettenext
Synonyms for cigarettenext
  • Does the movie have cigarette burns on the top right of the screen as a film reel would?
    — Nick Allen, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Forced to sell cigarettes on the street to get by, the 56-year-old blacksmith is angry.
    — Nabih Bulos and A Times Special Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • At the time, Mack was on his porch smoking a cigarette.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • She had been invited to smoke cigarettes in the trees on the far side of the running track.
    — Karen Kicak, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Two of the men are smoking long cigarettes, a third is in a pinstripe suit.
    — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Their clothes, their house and their cars smell like cigarettes.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • So the gas tax is just on gas, or the cigarette tax is just on cigarettes.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Then there was Trotter, a cigarette made by and for pigs.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Plus the unit can run off your car’s cigarette lighter, if needed.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Traci walked through the lot beside her, jumpy, the cigarette still behind her ear.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The New York Times wrote that Sorkin, once a heavy smoker who saw the habit as part of the writing process, quit cigarettes after the health scare.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • On a midday run for Pepsi and cigarettes, Sicard took a video of palm trees bowing in the heavy winds.
    — Karin Brulliard and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • One day, Eun-hee’s father walked into the shop to buy cigarettes.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Someone might even have cigarettes on hand for old time’s sake.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Shirlee swept a cigarette from somewhere and stuck it into Theo’s mouth.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • PAHs are also found in cigarette smoke and car exhaust fumes.
    — Barbara Brody, Fortune Well, 17 Aug. 2023
  • And Patrick Nicholas was seen throwing the cigarette butt on the ground that was collected by our detectives.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Three of them immediately die — don’t light up a cigarette at the pump, kids — but who cares?
    — Vulture, 31 July 2023
  • The smell of cigarettes and weed hangs in the warehouse air, strobe lights color the dancefloor and people groove to music rumbling over the subwoofers.
    — Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Whether that be silly things like drinking too much, smoking too many cigarettes, that stuff was all in there.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 25 July 2023
  • Among the collection is a photo of the legend smiling with a cigarette hanging from his mouth (at top).
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 24 May 2023
  • The new findings add to the vast body of evidence on the damaging health effects of cigarette smoking.
    — Alejandra Manjarrez, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Beneath a wooden awning were remnants of a violent night: a wound seal kit, a bottle of liquor and a pack of cigarettes.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • For some people, dust, mold, cigarette smoke, wool, polyester, and sometimes hormones can kick off eczema flares.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There was an interior pocket the size of a wallet, and one perfect for a pack of cigarettes.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Friends’ phones at recess or at a sleepover are like second-hand smoke: your kid might not have the cigarette in their mouth, but they’re still exposed.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2024
  • And, these rules would apply whether the smoke is from cigarettes, cigars or marijuana.
    — Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • Last year, the agency announced plans to ban menthol cigarettes, after the sale of tobacco goods increased in 2020 for the first time in two decades.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • So much of musicals is about tension and release — when the audience just needs to take a cigarette break.
    — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 12 May 2023
  • Research shows that the effects of banning menthol cigarettes would be swift.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2023

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