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The performers were wearing drapes over their heads and chanting to drone music while smoking a hookah, and there were flowers everywhere.—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026 Our room was papered with a charming House of Hackney print featuring a sloth smoking a hookah, a badger sipping a tropical cocktail, and an otter fanning itself.—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026 Stephan said the hookah lounge used to be a restaurant and had been vacant.—Matt Cavallo, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 But he and Sky Lounge were cited by the city last year for allowing patrons to dance and smoke inside using a hookah without the proper license, records show.—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hookah