How to Use tobacco in a Sentence

tobacco

noun
  • In the mouth the fruit flavors shine yet are framed by tobacco leaf and cedar.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The rollers cut tobacco leaves in front of guests, wrapping the cigars, and using a blow torch to light them.
    Andrew Zucker, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Even other species, like tobacco, can sense and react to the alarm.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Gene rolls a cigarette, then stoops down to collect the tobacco that’s fallen to the floor.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The funds cannot be used on tobacco or bills unrelated to food.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But like rice and coffee, tobacco is one of the textures of Indonesia.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Many of those will get hooked on tobacco, and sometime down the road will perish as a direct result.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2023
  • But remove most of the nicotine, the chemical that makes tobacco so darn hard to quit, to help smokers smoke less.
    Don Thompson, CBS News, 29 June 2023
  • Don't let the vanilla in the name fool you—the candle emits all things spicy with the help of tobacco leaf, deep woods, musk, and maple, all of which are rounded out by spiced vanilla.
    Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
  • One thing, however, remains clear: the safest choice is not to use any tobacco product at all.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • That higher proof turns the notes of fruit into some leather (maybe fruit leather?), along with fresh tobacco, black pepper, and crisp apple notes.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In the United States, poor diet is the leading risk factor for death from diseases, even greater than tobacco.
    Nisha Patel, STAT, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Klimek: Ultimately, the soldiers set fire to the tobacco barn where Booth was hiding.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In the 1780s, silt resulting from the overproduction of tobacco on area farms clogged the harbor and choked off its booming trade.
    Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Using substances that can damage the heart, such as tobacco, has been linked to both conditions as well.
    Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The funds cannot be used on luxury items, such as tobacco or bills unrelated to food.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a great deal of barrel influence on the palate of this whiskey, perhaps even more than last year’s, with notes of tobacco, dark fruit, leather, and blackberries.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The plan, broadly speaking, is to try self-fertilization in tobacco—the crop equivalent of a lab rat—and then in rice.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The city’s fee for a tobacco retail license is $182, according to its website.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Everyone’s tobacco is toasted, but no one else has bothered to plant a flag.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • While smoking tobacco cigarettes has fallen among teens and young adults, the use of e-cigarettes and vapes has risen.
    Time, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The dark interior, redolent of heady and rich tobacco mixtures, had its own quirks.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The funds cannot be used on luxuries such as alcohol and tobacco products.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • As a drug, cannabis is less deadly than alcohol or tobacco.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The great tobacco spitting contest will be held April 2 on the square in downtown Monticello.
    Eula Calahan , Micah Farmer, arkansasonline.com, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The agency is continuing to weigh whether to let the company's tobacco flavors stay on the market.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The best choice is to quit or, better yet, to never begin using tobacco and nicotine products.
    Matt Holman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Official tasting notes for the ten-year-old include pipe tobacco, oak, and butterscotch on the palate, while the 12-year-old is said to be more oak-forward and have notes of fruit and cocoa.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2024
  • She was sold as an adult novelty in bars and tobacco shops — definitely not as a toy for children.
    Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2023
  • This brings out chocolate, coffee, clove, and tobacco leaf flavors.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 24 Jan. 2023

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