How to Use tobacco in a Sentence

tobacco

noun
Definition of tobacconext
  • 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
  • In the store, customers can see some of the wood from the original tobacco barn.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The winds ripped nets from the area’s tobacco fields, draping them across highways and homes.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
  • These are not the guys with the billy club, chewing tobacco.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Even other species, like tobacco, can sense and react to the alarm.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Douglas Yeomans said his parents bought the farm in the 1960s and it had been used to farm tobacco.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon has some of the warm tastes of the red blend with tobacco and vanilla flavors.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • There are a few small cities and tens of thousands of acres of cotton, tobacco, soybeans, and other crops.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2024
  • 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
  • After a back-and-forth in the state Capitol about the size of the new tax, a 35% rate of wholesale was set in the bill, which is less than half the state tax rate of other tobacco products.
    — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • As one of the richest families in the area, the Churchill family grew hemp, tobacco, and other crops.
    — TIME, 4 May 2024
  • Heavier tobacco use leads to even higher risk, and when alcohol is added, the risk is even greater.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • One thing, however, remains clear: the safest choice is not to use any tobacco product at all.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • There are notes of balsa wood, cinnamon, grape, apple, leather, and sweet tobacco on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 June 2024
  • 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
  • The study only included tobacco smokers who were 50 and older and smoked at least one pack per day for 25 years.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • 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 ordinance would follow the same rules as alcohol and tobacco advertisements.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
  • But a group of e-cigarette users are suddenly finding themselves with a little extra cash, thanks to a massive class action settlement involving one of America's tobacco giants.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024

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