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Example sentences for "cigar"

Lexicographically close words:
ciertos; ciety; cieuse; cieuses; cieux; cigaret; cigarets; cigarette; cigarettes; cigarito
  1. Looked like it, at all events," said Cleek, selecting a cigar and lighting up.

  2. The cigar dropped suddenly from Cleek's fingers, and he ducked down in quest of it.

  3. Cleek reached for another cigar and lit it.

  4. I was finishing my cigar when Bill came out again and started slowly down the walk.

  5. Hamilton carefully placed his cigar in the ashtray and tried to put a match into his mouth.

  6. MacQuarrie, the butt of a dead cigar between his teeth, and his eyes alive with all the emotions a Scot may feel but can never express in words.

  7. Old Martin cackled and turned his cigar round and round in the corner of his mouth--a wolf when it comes to a cinch bet.

  8. It just happened that I was walking up and down the block smoking an after-dinner cigar on the evening when Bill discovered that he was slated for second-fiddle parts again.

  9. Grey clipped the end of the fresh cigar I had given him and lighted it.

  10. The major and Holly Barclay were still loafing on the beach, both of them smoking as though we had a Tampa cigar factory to draw upon instead of a strictly limited supply of Van Dyck's "perfectos.

  11. You gentlemen of the pipe and cigar seem to get so much comfort out of it.

  12. Before the pipe had burned out, Ingerson put in his appearance, lighting a black cigar as he came up the cabin stair.

  13. Apropos of nothing at all, Prebby, this is a rotten cigar you gave me, and I'm all mussed up and discouraged.

  14. The married lover twisted his arm out of mine and dropped the stub of his cigar over the rail.

  15. Throw that vile cigar away and light a fresh one, and tell me how the New York law partnership is getting along.

  16. For these, a large-sized cigar box is an excellent foundation.

  17. He would light a cigar and sit in the window.

  18. The latter tray had not yet been pushed again into the hall, and Mr. Ransom was still smoking his first cigar when he heard the lawyer's voice in the office below asking to have pen and ink placed in the small reception-room.

  19. The cat was still staring; the cigar went out.

  20. The proposition appeared to take his breath away--at least, he said nothing more; and I finished my cigar in peace and tossed the stump into a saucer.

  21. The swift Southern twilight had already veiled the forest as I stepped out of the cabin to smoke a cigar and promenade a bit and cogitate.

  22. The smoke from my cigar dimmed the lamp in the ceiling and hid the opposite seat from view.

  23. I could not enjoy my cigar with the animal staring at me, but I was justly indignant, and I did not intend to be routed.

  24. He did not pay the slightest attention to either me or his daughter, and, except for the lighted cigar which he kept shifting between his lips, he might have been taken for a wax dummy.

  25. That's a larger one than I've seen yet," said the captain, pointing with his cigar down into the clear water.

  26. I've allays wanted to know what a cigar smokes like.

  27. There was a cigar which he had received from Louis Napoleon, and one from Bismarck, and so forth.

  28. He lighted a last cigar, and sauntered around the deck until the cigar was consumed.

  29. Thus tranquilized, he lit a cigar and looked around the horizon.

  30. He was further mystified when, on going into his room for a cigar after supper, he found his suit of "citizen's clothes" missing from its hook.

  31. Throw pipe ashes and cigar or cigarette stubs in the dust of the road and stamp or pinch out the fire before leaving them.

  32. Cigar and cigarette stubs and burning matches carelessly thrown aside start many forest fires.

  33. The Professor chuckled loudly; unconsciously he reached in an inner pocket for his cigar case, and extracting a weed, bit the end off.

  34. He tossed his cigar over the side, and David heard the hiss of the water as it met the burning weed.

  35. The Professor drew a cigar from his pocket, bit the end off with a snap, and lit the weed.

  36. The Professor sucked hard at his cigar and muttered beneath his breath, while Hung threw himself upon the tantalising chain and tugged vainly at it.

  37. Mr. Tremaine, removing his cigar from his mouth.

  38. Evana relighted his cigar and threw himself full-length upon a sofa; the cigar was long smoked out ere Don Gregorio returned.

  39. Both had been smoking, but Marcelino had let his cigar go out, so absorbed was he in the subject on which they conversed together.

  40. He had laid aside his cloak and hat, and walked up and down the room, nervously rolling a cigar between his fingers.

  41. While he was smoking his cigar in the garden, Mrs. Bassett came home.

  42. I'll smoke a cigar in the garden, and recover my temper.

  43. When he got home he found a sofa placed by a fire, with wraps and pillows; his cigar case laid out, and a bottle of salts, and also a small glass of old cognac, in case of faintness.

  44. Donald looked with distaste from Mimi to the big black cigar he was holding in his right hand, and thence to Victor for a denial.

  45. The puro is a common cigar of pure tobacco; but the term cigarro or cigarrito is applied to those made of cut tobacco rolled up in a strip of paper or corn-husk.

  46. The cigar now fell from the gaping mouth and the solitary eye also opened perceptibly wider like that of a hippopotamus emerging from the water.

  47. He stuck the paper mouth-piece with the cigar back into his mouth and shuffled back on his slippers to the out-house, the while a remarkable stirring seemed to be going on in the brains underneath the black cap.

  48. I did him well; a good meal, plenty of the best wine, and a cigar such as he rarely smoked.

  49. All his doggedness had vanished now, and he was as limp as a chewed cigar end.

  50. To make a pause I took my cigar from my lips and pretended to relight it.

  51. He snipped the end of the cigar with a silver knife.

  52. At half-past, having assured myself that all was well with the free luncheons, I lit a cigar myself, and awaited the strains of the "Pioneer Band.

  53. From a little behind, with his Sunday hat tilted forward over his brow and a cigar glowing between his lips, Captain Nares acknowledged our previous acquaintance with a succinct nod.

  54. My other flank was covered by the ticket-office, strongly held by a trusty character of the Scots persuasion, rosetted like his superior, and smoking a cigar to mark the occasion festive.

  55. Just outside, I stopped and lighted a cigar to give me greater countenance; and puffing this and wearing what (I am sure) was a wretched assumption of braggadocio, I reappeared on the scene of my disgrace.

  56. His cigar burnt low and he flung it away.

  57. I assented--not in words, just in silence and cigar smoke.

  58. He said nothing, but took one big pull at his cigar, gave one big big puff of smoke out of his mouth and nose, and then threw the cigar overboard.

  59. The new member flung the end of his cigar into the grate and rose to his feet.

  60. Lynborough threw away his cigar and entered the sacred precincts.

  61. The club smoking-room was cheerfully lighted, the fire burned brightly, we each had a cigar and a drink.

  62. He pointed to a spot in the advertisement columns, and, without removing his hat from his head or his cigar from his mouth, sank into my arm-chair.

  63. Lord Lynborough pursed his lips in a momentary whistle, then put his cigar back into his mouth, and walked out on to the terrace.

  64. He lit his cigar with a composed cheerfulness.

  65. One evening, while he sits in a merry circle of friends, some power, unknown to the exact sciences, snatches the cigar from his mouth so that it falls to the ground.

  66. A little surprised, he picks up the cigar again, as though nothing had happened.

  67. He gave her an amused look, but lighted his cigar and smoked dreamily for a minute; then he drew a long breath.

  68. He looked at the lighted end of his cigar and smiled, but he said nothing.

  69. He offered his cigar case to Mr. Hopper, who recognized a high priced cigar and helped himself.

  70. Mr. Sinclair listened quietly, seeming to enjoy his cigar more than he did the Cragg gossip.

  71. He lit a cigar and lay back in the canoe.


  72. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cigar" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    cigar store; cigarette case