WAGER in a Sentence
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20 example sentences for WAGER, such as:
1. A wager is a fool's argument.
2. I will wager that you are talking politics.
3. I'll wager even dowagers like Mrs. Merriwether.
4. I would lay any wager it is about Miss Williams.
5. Would you care to have a small wager on the game?
2. I will wager that you are talking politics.
3. I'll wager even dowagers like Mrs. Merriwether.
4. I would lay any wager it is about Miss Williams.
5. Would you care to have a small wager on the game?
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of WAGER
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wager
n. the money risked on a gamble
v. maintain with or as if with a bet
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 The wager was accepted, but not one of those who bet believed that she would do it.
2 I will wager that you are talking politics.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
3 We have made a wager--a wager which could not have been foreseen, and of which I defy anyone to divine the true cause.
4 Gentlemen," said he, "we have been here an hour, and our wager is won; but we will be fair players.
5 de Busigny was the first to come and shake Athos by the hand, and acknowledge that the wager was lost.
6 You didn't have your mind on your business and I'll wager you weren't thinking about our Cause or the hospital.
7 I'll wager even dowagers like Mrs. Merriwether.
8 I'll wager you didn't know then how many pennies were in a dollar.
9 They were blazing as if upon a wager, giving and taking tremendous blows.
10 I'll wager he learns more about you than you about him.
11 At the hour when the suspected man was looked for, the whelp was at the station; offering to wager that he had made off before the p.
12 I'll wager that the black dress shows a corresponding mark to this.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
13 I would lay any wager it is about Miss Williams.
14 She would clasp me round the neck and laugh, the while, as if I did it for a wager.
15 He laid a wager he would tame Medeah in the space of six months.
Example Sentence:
1 Would you care to have a small wager on the game?
2 A wager is a fool's argument.