cigar

Example Sentences

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Cigars and Stripes BBQ in Berwyn, Ill., features a Muffler Man smoking a cigar and holding a jumbo bottle of barbecue sauce.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Stopping Celtic earning 10 titles in a row was enormous but too often it was a case of close but no cigar and at Rangers, that's not good enough.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“Mr. Chisholm, with a big cigar in his mouth, said, ‘Can you go any faster than this?’” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Picture a mom-and-pop store with an old cigar box for a till.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

We sat still; my own cigar burnt furiously, but Van Helsing’s went cold altogether.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker