Example Sentences

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“He might have smoked his last cigar,” O’Carroll said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

Screening is available in 23 areas of England to people aged between 55 and 74 who smoke, or have smoked.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2022

I buy my Russian ravioli there, and they have smoked chicken that’s double-smoked.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2020

The Buckeyes have smoked their last five opponents since the unexpected loss to Oklahoma in week two.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2017

If I hadn’t missed so much school the previous two years, I might have smoked those tests, but I had barely passed the eleventh grade and was lucky to be a senior.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride