Below you will find example sentences with "black smoke". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Black Smoke in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: smoke
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.4 words

Words in this phrase

black smoke

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • black can mean: Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. Common word
  • smoke can mean: The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and billowing black smoke as it 1× and saw black smoke pouring out 1× billows of black smoke in the 1× black smoke could be 1× black smoke indicates a 1× clouds of black smoke marred the 1× earlier thick black smoke had billowed 1× for spewing black smoke when gunning 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

thick plumes of 2× a few minutes 1× as the catastrophic 1× black smoke could 1× black smoke indicates 1× clouds of black 1×

Common sentence endings:

and polyterpene resin 1× and propeller spinning 1× and smoke cleared 1× away as majorca 1× black smoke rising 1× by firing teargas 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

fire 7× thick 6× seen 6× miles 4× sky 4× billowing 3× street 3× plumes 3× massive 2× minutes 2× saw 2× across 2×

Related phrases

black friday wearing black black lives black hole black holes black bear black voters black sea black americans black bears

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around smoke:

smoke alarms 10× cigarette smoke 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

black shoes black sea black pants black panthers black mirror black metal

Just after it in the phrase index:

black voters black woman black women blackrock enhanced blade runner bleeding cool

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

black friday black lives black hole black holes black bear black voters

Same ending:

cigarette smoke

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "black smoke" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 21.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and billowing black smoke as it, and saw black smoke pouring out, fire, thick and seen stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with black friday, wearing black, black lives, smoke alarms and cigarette smoke, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with black smoke

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

A few minutes later, he saw black smoke rising. (9 words)

I came out and saw black smoke pouring out the roof. (11 words)

Black smoke could be seen pouring into the sky for miles around. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Thick black smoke rose over the two-story apartment complex located at the intersection of West 7th Street and S Hoover Street, within the neighborhood, as more than 100 firefighters responded to battle the massive blaze, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported. (41 words)

Earlier, thick black smoke had billowed from a central university campus in Dakar, where protesters set several buses alight in the afternoon and threw rocks at riot police who responded by firing teargas. (33 words)

Eugenio Mereu watched the electric car blazing and billowing black smoke as it was parked up on the side of the street in Ilford, north London on Sunday morning. (29 words)

Example sentences (20)

Older diesels are relatively acceptable for spewing black smoke when gunning the accelerator pedal, but too much smoke could mean it's time to visit the mechanic.

Black smoke indicates a failed ballot, while white smoke means a new Pope has been elected.

Due to the massive amounts of thick black smoke the crew was ordered topside to flight deck until the fire could be controlled and smoke cleared.

A few minutes later, he saw black smoke rising.

As the catastrophic inferno tore through a factory in Tyseley, thick black smoke could be seen for miles across the city skyline.

Black smoke could be seen pouring into the sky for miles around.

Clouds of black smoke marred the blue spring sky for hours, stunning the community, just minutes from the Ohio border and 72 miles (115 kilometers) east of Indianapolis.

Earlier, thick black smoke had billowed from a central university campus in Dakar, where protesters set several buses alight in the afternoon and threw rocks at riot police who responded by firing teargas.

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Eugenio Mereu watched the electric car blazing and billowing black smoke as it was parked up on the side of the street in Ilford, north London on Sunday morning.

Heavy black smoke could be seen after a recycling plant catches fire in Katy near Clay Road on Friday evening.

I came out and saw black smoke pouring out the roof.

Ms Horvath said there are large plumes of black smoke billowing from the bush fire about 100m down the road from the pub.

Pictures shared online show black smoke coming from a building on Additionally, there were reports of people hearing “explosions” in the area.

The black smoke the fire caused could be seen as far away as Majorca.

The boat’s engine was somehow still running, black smoke belching and propeller spinning.

The disturbing fire was captured by many Hertfordshire residents, who revealed images of billows of black smoke in the sky as several business units were destroyed.

The fire sent up a huge plume of black smoke that could be seen across Fresno.

Thick black smoke rose over the two-story apartment complex located at the intersection of West 7th Street and S Hoover Street, within the neighborhood, as more than 100 firefighters responded to battle the massive blaze, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported.

Thick plumes of black smoke can be seen billowing into the sky from miles away.

Thick plumes of black smoke rose into the air before the fire was extinguished at the Pinova facility, which makes rosin and polyterpene resin.

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