1227 examples of gambles in sentences

It was true then, as it is true now and always will be true, that the man who gambles because he needs the money is sure to lose, and affairs went from bad to worse until the final disaster came.

Mrs. Hopewell dislikes this chap very much, because she says he is a bad man, who drinks, and gambles, and does all sorts of things old ladies detest.

F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed an exquisite specimen of the kind in his short story "The Jellybean," with a quasi-heroine of a good Southern family, built to be a high standard wife and mother, who drinks, swears, gambles, and finally marries on a dare.

No more business gambles.

Well, he gambles, it is true, yet he protects himself whenever he can.

An Indian smokes incessantly while he gambles.

She gambles, and we all know she gambles; she pegs, and we all know she pegs; and she makes rather a boast of being up to her eyes in debt.

She gambles, and we all know she gambles; she pegs, and we all know she pegs; and she makes rather a boast of being up to her eyes in debt.

"Well, will you do a little gamble?

He gambles, wants all the women of the town, struts like a Ganymede in velvet shoes through Rome, and flings his cash about.

The negro thus set free, in nine cases out of ten, idles away half of his time or gambles away what he does make, and then relies on his ingenuity in stealing to meet the demands pay day inevitably brings forth; and this is the way our towns are converted into dens of rogues and thieves.

Latham gambles on change, of course, but drew the line at his house.

R62386 The queen gambles.

The queen gambles.

THE QUEEN GAMBLES, a romantic drama in three acts by Margaret Mayo and Aubrey Kennedy.

Our Vichy gamble.

By James Lawder Gamble.

Elisabeth Chafee Gamble (W); 15May74; R577208. R577213.

R62386 The queen gambles.

The queen gambles.

THE QUEEN GAMBLES, a romantic drama in three acts by Margaret Mayo and Aubrey Kennedy.

We shall find a whole new world of those who despise the honours and prizes of the commercial machine, and who care not for the shows, diversions, pleasures, and gambles provided for commercial slaves.

He gambles worse than an Injun, and never has anything more than his riding outfit and the clothes on his back, they tell me.

Bob was deeply impressed by her principles, and, commenting on them, said: "Jim, if all Wall Street had a code similar to Beulah Sands's to hew to in their gambles, ours would be a fairer and more manly game, and many of the multi-millionaires would be clerking, while a lot of the hand-to-mouth traders would come downtown in a new auto every day in the week.

" "He gambles for souls," was the thought in Sylvia's mind, as with a quick effort she controlled herself and passed on in icy silence.

1227 examples of  gambles  in sentences