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How to use smoke in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Smoke means the visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. Example: “Can I bum a smoke off you?”

Examples of smoke by meaning

nounThe visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

  • If those were the days, however, when steam was triumphant, they were also the days of smoke.1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 657
  • The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29

nounA cigarette.

  • Can I bum a smoke off you?
  • I need to go buy some smokes.

nounAnything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.).

  • Hey, you got some smoke?
  • ERCS Guard: Got a smoke?2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria

nounAn instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.

  • I'm going out for a smoke.

nounA fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.

  • The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
  • I fed her a lot of smoke about a sheep station outside Adelaide and a big property in the high street with a glass front and ‘Thomas’ in lights.1974, John le Carré, chapter 6, in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, New York: Knopf, page 44

nounSomething used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.

  • The smoke of controversy.

nounBother, trouble; problems; hassle.

  • You better not be giving me no smoke.

nounA distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire.

  • In the evening haze, even the Calton Gaol took on something of the savage grandeur of a Doré drawing, and this was by no means spoilt by the rising smokes of North British engines in the ravine below.1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 1
  • During the night, a severe lightning storm passed over this area and in the morning the towerman reported two smokes separated by about two miles distance.1957, Sylva: The Lands and Forests Review, volumes 13-14, page 43

More sentences with smoke

  • In order to improve his health, Rob decided to abstain from smoking.From the entry abstain
  • Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and hard drugs combined.From the entry kill
  • Joe puffed on his pipe and blew a couple of smoke rings.From the entry blow
  • I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.From the entry cough
  • We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.From the entry simulate
  • After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.From the entry unwind
  • I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.From the entry kick
  • The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.From the entry duo
  • They hooked English, sneaking out behind the school and smoking cigarettes.From the entry hook
  • To reduce cancer risk, it is best that you neither chew nor smoke.From the entry chew
  • The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.From the entry chew
  • After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.From the entry credibility
  • After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.From the entry marijuana
  • She lifted her thumb off the carb and breathed in the thick smoke.From the entry carb
  • A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.From the entry wisp
  • There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.From the entry trend
  • The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.From the entry veil
  • I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.From the entry incline
  • Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.From the entry wick
  • He’s been on the smoking cessation wagon for two weeks now.From the entry on the wagon
  • After the explosion, a plume of smoke could be seen in the sky for miles around.From the entry plume
  • Smoke plumed from his pipe, then slowly settled towards the floor.From the entry plume
  • A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.From the entry poignant
  • During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke.From the entry compulsion
  • We have a theory, but we haven't found a smoking gun yet.From the entry smoking gun
  • Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.From the entry no-no
  • She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.From the entry read someone the riot act

Meaning of smoke

  1. noun The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
  2. noun A cigarette.
  3. noun Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.).

Full definition of smoke

Questions about smoke in a sentence

How do you use smoke in a sentence?
Smoke is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Can I bum a smoke off you?”
What is a short sentence with smoke?
“The smoke of controversy.”
What does smoke mean?
Smoke means the visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: smoke (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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