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gamble - use in sentences
Converse of object
- take: Synopsis: Brett takes the biggest gamble of his life.
- represent: This call represented a gamble on the part of the PCF leader Robert Hue.
Object
- addict: Australia may have the highest number of gambling addicts per head of population in the world.
- den: He visits brothels, drinking houses, gambling dens, and converses with harem girls.
- debt: Manchester United star Rooney has denied reports that he has fallen out with England teammate Owen over gambling debts.
- tournament: Our team wish you windfall gambling at how to play omaha hi gambling tournament training tournaments, and winning at it.
Adjective modifier
- calculated: The move was a calculated gamble to fend off litigation.
- reckless: To assume this regime's good faith is to bet the lives of millions and the peace of the world in a reckless gamble.
- risky: The next big thing or a risky gamble: Shell looks to turn sand into oil.
- desperate: It was Hitler's most desperate gamble of the war; he in fact planned its every move.
- huge: The Kirov is playing for very high stakes Kirov Opera is taking a huge gamble in touring with Wagner's Ring cycle.
- massive: I quit my jobs and took a massive gamble.
Preposition: on
- horse: Image: Would a gamble on the horses be the best way of raising the money?
Modifying Another Word
- again: Each time, he promises not to gamble again.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- away: Gambling away your little patience with to offer you.
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