- present participle of smoke.
smoking
Example Sentences
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The actual cost of obtaining new coverage depends heavily on factors such as age, health and smoking history, as well as other underwriting considerations.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 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
A colorful character who went viral during the 2024 Open for smoking a cigarette while signing autographs and playing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
But if “you see men in sweatpants smoking cigarettes, hanging with their boys, lifting weights in the yard, riding children’s bicycles as their actual transportation, then you are in danger.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Women were cooking outside over wood fires, smoking fish on clay ovens while children played on the shore, and goats and chickens wandered around.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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