How to Use stoner in a Sentence

stoner

noun
  • The movie's a comedy about a couple of stoners.
  • So, what happened to the stoner movie?
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But legal cannabis is more than easy stoner jokes and giggly good times.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 19 May 2019
  • But yeah tons of doom and stoner metal and stuff like that, even thrash metal.
    — Quentin Singer, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • What started off as kind of a stoner project turned into making my dreams come true.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • That’s right, the guy who wrote a movie about two stoners who can’t find their car now wants to ask you about your mother.
    — Phil Stark, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Lacy makes soulful, smart stoner rock with relaxed rhythms and subtle melodies.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The Weed King himself, a 25-year-old stoner, fired me on the spot.
    — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 25 May 2022
  • Bob is the Dude-like stoner who detests the world's smarmy millionaires.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Signs of stoner life in the animal kingdom go way beyond cats and their catnip.
    — Gary Laderman, Fortune Well, 17 July 2023
  • There has never been a better time to be a stoner in America.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • This song is in the indie rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock and blues rock genres.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The idea of replacing him with a novice who can be ridiculed as a Hollywood stoner may sound crazy.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The lazy stoner who spends all day in a state of couch-lock, playing video games, while eating everything that isn’t nailed down.
    — Harrison Wise, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2021
  • It’s been years since movie theaters have seen anything resembling a true stoner classic.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
  • That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This elastic waist cargo pant is the epitome of a style that can only be defined as stoner chic.
    — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 28 July 2023
  • Weed has always paid off for the godfathers of stoner comedy.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But the film found its director in a way more befitting a stoner comedy.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Like alcohol, cannabis is on its own unique journey — from a sketchy, stoner habit to an everyday tool used by those from all walks of life.
    — Julian Cohen, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Yet Garrett the stoner pops up, and so does Fred Durst, playing himself.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The closest thing to a bat signal for stoners is the blue lettering of the Cookies logo.
    — Ezra Marcus, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • With apologies to those who love to tell a stoner story, this new paradigm means fewer high jinks and less rebellion.
    — Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Which begat the idea of Doug, the stoner who guessed it 92 percent correctly.
    — Jessica Derschowitz, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Despite decades of stoner jokes, Cheech and Chong have always been much savvier than their comedic personas.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The show's iconic stoner, played by Chong, makes two very memorable cameos on the Netflix spin-off.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2023
  • On Thursday, Scrooge’s place of business was a cannabis dispensary, which meant stoner jokes all night long.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • There were stoner kids who spent all weekend at the ski hill, wore hundred-dollar hoodies their parents bought them, and bragged about their exploits.
    — Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Jonathan is mostly used as stoner comic relief in the new episodes and is not involved in the main storyline set in Hawkins.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 May 2022
  • That complicates the fantasy that classic stoner movies once relied on.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026

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