How to Use tobacco in a Sentence

tobacco

noun
  • Part of the land was used for decades as a growing field for tobacco.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • This whole area used to be potatoes and tobacco.
    — Miriam Schwartz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
  • There’s ripe blue fruit on the palate and rich berries with hints of tobacco and chocolate.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Teeth can yellow due to foods, drinks, and tobacco.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But the harms of tobacco can also be passed along from smokers to their peers.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The tobacco note adds depth and keeps it from feeling too playful.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • English colonists purchased them and put them work in the tobacco farms.
    — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022
  • The curls of Father’s tobacco smoke in the night air.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Even other species, like tobacco, can sense and react to the alarm.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The winds ripped nets from the area’s tobacco fields, draping them across highways and homes.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
  • Arnold said about 2,000 pounds of tobacco leaves can be hung in the barn.
    — Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But rolling papers were not used only for tobacco.
    — Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
  • What the discount excludes is deli, meat, beer, wine, liquor and tobacco.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Of those, 65 passed, but clerks at six places sold the tobacco, and they were cited.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The funds cannot be used on tobacco or bills unrelated to food.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Eastwood had chewing tobacco in his mouth and was spitting it out on the tank.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • The yearly study looks at areas that have been proven to reduce tobacco use.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In the store, customers can see some of the wood from the original tobacco barn.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Oct. 2022
  • One day, a rifle cartridge got mixed in with that pocket of tobacco.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 2 June 2022
  • The tobacco is imbued with prayer and its smoke takes that prayer to Creator.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Rolling papers were not used only for tobacco.
    — Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Smoking is a severe risk to teeth, and so is chewing tobacco.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The pattern is a brownish batik produced by specks of tobacco.
    — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Funding for the initiative comes from a statewide tax on tobacco.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The bill would allow taverns to sell cigars and pipe tobacco, which could then be smoked on the bar's premises.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • On the nose, the bourbon features brown sugar, clove, tobacco leaf, and burnt caramel.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The last tobacco warehouse was on 6th Ave.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
  • Increase the tobacco tax by 10% in rate per wholesale cost.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 5 Feb. 2026

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