SMOKE in a Sentence

Learn SMOKE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
322 example sentences for SMOKE, such as:
1. The wind blew the smoke in.
2. There is no smoke without fire.
3. There is no fire without smoke.
4. The smell of smoke was stronger now.
5. I was almost choked by the heavy smoke.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SMOKE
smoke
 n.  an indication of some hidden activity
 n.  the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The sunrise burned red in a pure sky, the shadows on the rim of the wood-lot were darkly blue, and beyond the white and scintillating fields patches of far-off forest hung like smoke.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
2  Occasionally when the slight breeze veered, puffs of smoke from the long barbecue pits floated over the crowd and were greeted with squeals of mock dismay from the ladies and violent flappings of palmetto fans.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  They could hear the rumblings of the batteries, see the smoke which rolled like low-hanging clouds above the trees, but for hours no one knew how the battle was going.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  A faint hot breeze that had sprung up bore the smell of smoke to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  The sky was a hideous lurid color and great swirls of black smoke went twisting up to hand in billowy clouds above the flames.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
6  The smell of smoke was stronger now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  Torrents of sparks shot to the sky and descended slowly, lazily, through blood-colored clouds of smoke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
8  As Rhett jerked the horse's head and turned him into another street, another deafening explosion tore the air and a monstrous skyrocket of flame and smoke shot up in the west.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  We saw the smoke from Twelve Oaks, across the river, before they came.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  The back kick of the pistol made her reel, as the roar of the explosion filled her ears and the acrid smoke stung her nostrils.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  The smoke curled slowly to the ceiling and the red streams widened about her feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
12  This was her last view of home, her last view except what she might see from the cover of the woods or the swamp, the tall chimneys wrapped in smoke, the roof crashing in flame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  Then to her nostrils was borne the smell of smoke and she turned, too weak with lessening strain, to care about the cotton.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
14  Through the open windows of the dining room, she saw smoke drifting lazily out of the negro cabins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  She burst into the smoke-filled kitchen and reeled back, coughing, her eyes streaming tears from the smoke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence: (112 in 8 pages)
1  Their dreams went up in smoke after the collapse of their travel agency.
2  We saw smoke suspended in the still air.
3  A blue wisp of cigarette smoke curled in the air.
4  The smoke from the stove almost choked me.
5  I was almost choked by the heavy smoke.
6  The smoke signals from the central bank suggest further cuts are coming.
7  I looked under the bonnet and clouds of smoke poured out.
8  The wind blew the smoke in.
9  There is no fire without smoke.
10  There is no smoke without fire.
11  A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
12  Clouds of thick black smoke billowed from the car's exhaust.
13  I heard a loud bang and then saw black smoke.
14  The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.
15  Black smoke belched out from the forest fire.