How to Use "Smoke" with Example Sentences

smoke (v): to inhale and exhale smoke from a cigarette; to preserve meat or fish by exposure to smoke

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Used with adverbs:

"His father smoked heavily for many years."
(heavily, consistently)

"I see too many kids openly smoking everywhere."
(openly, casually)

"She prefers her salmon to be smoked lightly."
(lightly, heavily)

Used with prepositions:

"His teenage son smokes in public."
(in)

"You cannot smoke at work."
(at)

Used with nouns:

"He smokes cigarettes."
(cigarettes, marijuana, a pipe)

"Do you know how to smoke salmon?"
(salmon, meat)

Example sentences:

"Do you smoke?"

"How long have you smoked?"

"Do not smoke here."

"You must smoke outside."

"Please do not smoke near me."

"He smokes a pack of cigarettes a day."

smoke (n): the cloud of gases and dust produced by burning something

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Used with adjectives:

"We saw heavy smoke everywhere."
(heavy, thick, dense, black)

"I can smell stale cigar smoke on his clothes."
(stale)

"The room was filled with cigar smoke."
(cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco)

"Many people die each year of second-hand smoke."
(second-hand)

Used with verbs:

"Stop blowing smoke in my face!"
(blowing)

"The smoke filled the sky."
(filled)

"He inhaled the smoke from the fire."
(inhaling)

"When the smoke cleared we saw the extent of the damage."
(cleared, disappeared)

Used with nouns:

"I need to replace the smoke alarm."
(alarm, detector)

"He went to the hospital for smoke inhalation."
(inhalation)

"She has to take a smoke break every two hours."
(break)

"He blew smoke rings with his cigarette."
(rings)