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How to use cologne in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Cologne means a type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water. Example: “You stink of too much cologne.”

Examples of cologne by meaning

nounA type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.

  • You stink of too much cologne.
  • He wore some aftershave or cologne that gave him a heavy, nasty, sweet scent.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 95

More sentences with cologne

  • He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.From the entry cap
  • "Seems like your boy wears boxer briefs, wears Calvin Klein cologne, and plays poker.2013, Simon Elkeles, Wild Cards - Volume 1, page 109. From the entry boxer briefs
  • “I don't mind a little cologne, but I am not going to put on eye shadow.2004, Jon Scieszka, Tut, Tut #6, →ISBN. From the entry wait a minute
  • So strong was his cologne she could practically taste it.2008, Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. From the entry yeesh
  • She smelled his toothpaste, a lingering hint of his cologne, and what she could only call his man scent.2006, Beth Cornelison, chapter 9, in In Protective Custody, Silhouette Books, page 127. From the entry man scent
  • It was filled with skeezy old men with bad cologne and gold chains trying to pick up eighteen-year-old girls.2005, Dan Lieberman, Carnegie Mellon University, page 93. From the entry skeezy
  • Cologne and perfume are nice but use in moderation.2000, Ronni Eisenberg, Organize Your Job Search,, New York: Hyperion, page 155. From the entry overscent
  • In the ecstasy of ewomancipation she drank half a bottle of cologne and smoked two whole Chinese punk sticks.1919, The Judge. From the entry ewomancipation
  • Cologne Hauptbahnhof is reached in the small hours, and the traveller new to postwar Germany is spared the sight of the devastated city.1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336. From the entry spare
  • Today, sales of women's fragrances are double those of men's, and 80 percent of all men's after-shaves and colognes are in fact bought by women, as gifts.1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN. From the entry fragrance
  • You have plenty of diddle-dee berries out there, and if ground up and mixed with a suitable liquid it would make a very good cologne for men.1982 January 18, W. Barnes, “You've Gotta Be Kidding Department”, in The Penguin News, Stanley, Falkland Islands: Graham Bound, archived…. From the entry diddle-dee

Meaning of cologne

  1. noun A type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
  2. noun Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.
  3. noun A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.

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Questions about cologne in a sentence

How do you use cologne in a sentence?
Cologne is used as a noun and verb. For example: “You stink of too much cologne.”
What is a short sentence with cologne?
“You stink of too much cologne.”
What does cologne mean?
Cologne means a type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.

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