How to Use cigarette in a Sentence

cigarette

noun

• The actress again placed two flowers in her hair and posed with a cigarette in hand.
  — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
• One of the main bits of evidence came from a cigarette — that was flicked off by a man seen on one tape.
  — Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
• Amid a crescendo of machine gun fire, a tall soldier slung an anti-tank missile launcher over one shoulder and took a slow drag on his cigarette.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2022
• Archibald later parked at the Forest Dale Golf Course to smoke a cigarette, charging documents state.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022
• Nicotine levels would be capped at 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco in cigarettes, according to the proposal.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
• The first lowers permissible nicotine levels in cigarettes.
  — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
• The Philip Morris cigarette had been produced with a similar process to decaffeinating coffee.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
• Does the movie have cigarette burns on the top right of the screen as a film reel would?
  — Nick Allen, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
• Then back home for a cold beer and a cigarette on the patio and the bed.
  — Tiffany Baker, CNN, 23 May 2022
• The man and woman then bought cigarette rolls at the counter.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
• The cigarette smoke hung over the upstairs kitchen like a fog.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
• The sales tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase by $1.25, to $5 per pack.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• 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
• The guy working the deli counter thought nothing of lighting up a cigarette on the job.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Just as the sailor lights up a cigarette to go with the spectacle, a blaze erupts between the vessels.
  — Amanda Forbis, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
• Smith blames the cigarette habit her mother could not kick.
  — Jim Stingl, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• Waving a cigarette in the air, Chappelle sang the song karaoke-style, slightly off-tune and with a cheeky smile.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Adding Bronny James to the Lakers would be like lighting up a cigarette at the gas pump.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• On the pavement outside the store, Rich told her brother, someone had rolled Ervin’s body over and stolen the pack of cigarettes.
  — Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
• As anyone who ever tried concealing the clingy smell of cigarettes from their parents may remember, the acrid odor of smoke is hard to hide and harder to remove.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025