cigarette

Example Sentences

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Smoking litter and cigarette butts were spotted on 88.1% of the roads surveyed, while confectionery packaging was found on 80.7%.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

It is also present in cigarette smoke and processed meats.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

At first, we don’t quite know when we are — the TV sets are cathode ray, the phones are landlines and a cigarette machine sits in the town bar.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

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

She paused, expecting him to smile, but he went on smoking his cigarette, and I noticed, faint as gossamer, the line between his brows.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier