How to Use smoke out in a Sentence

smoke out

verb
  • Doors can serve as fire stops, slowing the burn and keeping some of the smoke out.
    — Sophie Stuber, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Experts urge people to close doors and windows to keep the smoke out.
    — Li Zhou, Vox, 14 May 2024
  • Everyone is trying to smoke out moles, or plant some of their own.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Seeps and cracks in the dirt spew grey smoke out into the surrounding area.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 10 Jan. 2023
  • So, Prince puts some land up for sale to smoke out the potential buyer.
    — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Residents within a mile of the site were urged to close their windows to keep smoke out.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
  • Daley smoked out dark pigments on her lids and waterline area.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 27 June 2023
  • The wind ripples at the windows, which are down a few centimetres to let the smoke out.
    — David Szalay, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The creamy texture lends itself to easy blending and smoking out.
    — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2019
  • For her eye makeup, Mayo smoked out a sharp black wing on Lizzo's lids.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Mar. 2023
  • When in your car, put the air on recirculate mode to keep the smoke out and keep the windows closed.
    — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • White House aides were similarly trying to smoke out where things stood.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The boldness is reserved for her eye makeup, which features bright blue eye shadow and smoked out black wings.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The goal should be a light bluish smoke out of the exhaust pipe, or ideally, nothing at all outside the heat waves.
    — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 1 June 2020
  • Crews used a fan to clear the smoke out of the building and eventually let workers back inside.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 15 June 2021
  • It’s designed to reduce smoke so you don’t get smoked out and sucks in oxygen from below, blasting hot air over the fire.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The wind will also keep smoke out of the Prescott and Prescott Valley areas.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The pizza ovens’ exhaust hoods, which help direct smoke out of the building, also bring in hot air from the outside.
    — New York Times, 29 July 2022
  • In the series of snaps, Justin, 31, can be seen on a bike blowing smoke out of his mouth while holding a bong.
    — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But a shift in winds and other conditions was expected to push smoke out of the region from west to east, the agency said.
    — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Paca frequently says, shimmying his giant shoulder pads and blowing smoke out of his glossy lips.
    — Edgar Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • There’s really not a lot of smoke out there right now in regard to Craig Smith’s open assistant spot.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Despite its popularity, the preparation used to smoke out the kitchen, and it was removed from the menu.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
  • The former in matte, smoked out eyeshadow while the latter went for a makeup-free vacation.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 12 July 2024
  • Some experienced ghost smells, also known as phantosmia, such as a sudden waft of cigarette smoke out of nowhere.
    — Tracy Wan, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Skies in the region are expected to clear up in the coming days as winds carry the wildfire smoke out over the Atlantic.
    — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • To put all the smoke out is to protect the structures around the fire perimeter and to contain the fire and prevent future escape potential.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In the government’s version, the conspiracy was no more than a ploy designed to smoke out potential rebels.
    — Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2019
  • Fine particle levels will begin to improve Tuesday as southerly winds start moving the smoke out of the state.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
  • New York City lore tells tales of brave home cooks who have smoked out their kitchens trying to roast this particularly fatty bird.
    — Rebecca Gorena, Bon Appétit, 13 Aug. 2024

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