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Meanings of card-playing in English
Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance.
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Examples for "sporting"
Examples for "sporting"
1
The nature of high level sporting competition leads to parts that break.
2
As a result many different sporting activities may have a causal role.
3
Especially after recent sporting events, of which the less said the better.
4
The last three years has seen more state financing for sporting facilities.
5
The coronavirus lockdown measures imposed by several governments has halted sporting events.
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Industry executives are betting that consumer interest in the technology will rise.
2
Adelson, however, is betting on the growing high end of the market.
3
Investors are also betting on rising property prices in Europe's largest economy.
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And given the timetable for delivery, I'm betting they'll respond right away.
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The betting industry has been buzzing with the news for months now.
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After the first few weeks, her sense of being in danger dissipated.
2
All the steam energy is dissipated mechanically, or used directly as heat.
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The exclamation in its absolute sincerity dissipated every trace of his apprehension.
4
The reforming thrust of the early years dissipated into a disappointing timidity.
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However, in this soft soil, the impact of missiles was usually dissipated.
Usage of card-playing in English
1
You initiated the banker's clerk into the mysteries of card-playing and billiards.
2
It gives anyone with a little tact an opportunity for stopping card-playing.
3
That evening we spent together at Johnson's office in drinking and card-playing.
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Being an invalid as you see, I have no amusement but card-playing.
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There was hard drinking, horse-racing, and card-playing, and waste of substance generally.
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That there be no begging, swearing, gaming, card-playing, quarrelling, or universal conversation.
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Sunday afternoons were the big gambling and card-playing times in our semi-rural neighbourhood.
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The Countess was a card-playing old cat; Lady Fanny was a desperate flirt.
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It is a violation of etiquette to propose card-playing in another person's house.
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These books may be said to embody a science of card-playing.
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We weren't going to be put off by a bunch of card-playing jerks.
12
I recalled my mental states from the midnight prayer to the foolish card-playing.
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The card-playing travellers had opened the door of the carriage.
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The year 1648 was the era of card-playing at court.
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They came, her card-playing friends assured her, with impeccable credentials.
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Gendron was not badly wounded, and sat up to look on at the card-playing.