Examples of ashtray in a Sentence
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Amid the ban, the city also advises people who smoke in their car to use extreme care with all smoking materials and dispose of items only in their vehicle's ashtray.
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Kayla Jackson, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
Some of the items advertised on that sign: anniversary favors, arm bands, ashtrays.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
Bailey shows in the video the packaging the ashtray arrived in: a black box with the Dolce & Gabbana Casa logo in white.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
Speaking via a translator, the chat may not have exactly flowed, but Miyazaki did share his ashtray with Moore.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
The two-cigar cases and ashtrays also offer coordinating colors.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
While there is a more modern-say update (with no suggestions for strategically placing ashtrays) the original title still contains recipes and advice for entertaining that's just as relevant today.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
The Bakelite dashboard was significantly changed with a modern-looking horizontal speedometer and gauges with two ashtrays at each end of the dash.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024
One after another, three gigantic puffs and then dumped in the ashtray.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024
Kayla Jackson, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
Some of the items advertised on that sign: anniversary favors, arm bands, ashtrays.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
Bailey shows in the video the packaging the ashtray arrived in: a black box with the Dolce & Gabbana Casa logo in white.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
Speaking via a translator, the chat may not have exactly flowed, but Miyazaki did share his ashtray with Moore.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
The two-cigar cases and ashtrays also offer coordinating colors.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
While there is a more modern-say update (with no suggestions for strategically placing ashtrays) the original title still contains recipes and advice for entertaining that's just as relevant today.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
The Bakelite dashboard was significantly changed with a modern-looking horizontal speedometer and gauges with two ashtrays at each end of the dash.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024
One after another, three gigantic puffs and then dumped in the ashtray.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024
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ashtray
noun
ash·tray
ˈash-ˌtrā 
: a container for tobacco ashes and for cigar and cigarette butts
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