CHARADES in a Sentence

Learn CHARADES from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for CHARADES, such as:
1. In the classic game of charades, students mime action verbs while the others watch.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CHARADES
charades
 n.  player acts out a phrase for others to guess
Classic Sentence:
1  Such disappointments only gave greater zest to the nights when we acted charades, or had a costume ball in the back parlour, with Sally always dressed like a boy.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VI
Example Sentence:
1  In the classic game of charades, students mime action verbs while the others watch.