smoke

Example Sentences

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An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions in the city within a half-hour period early Saturday and saw smoke billowing from one of them.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The family were asleep when the fire broke out in the early hours of 15 October 2012, quickly engulfing their Barn Mead home in flames and smoke.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

TAE creates something like a smoke ring of plasma and aims high-powered neutral particle beams at it to heat and stabilize it, spinning the plasma, like keeping a toy top in motion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Ask potential insurers about discounts for security systems, smoke detectors, energy rating, having a long-term policy without any payments and/or even being a nonsmoker.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

Purple and blue smoke billowed up from the chimney all day and all evening.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney