Example Sentences

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The actual firebox needs to be a very specific shape and size, or else it will smoke.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

The firebox must be a very specific shape and size, or else it will smoke.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Habanos co-president Mr. Núñez Blanco says the factories have eliminated the problems of the 1990s by introducing new quality-control processes and suction machines that test how a cigar will smoke.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2016

Whatever Annan says, Lavrov will smoke if he wants to.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2012

“No, I was only fooling when I spoke of leaning it—because a chimney has to be most accurately constructed or it will smoke one out of the place.”

From Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth