How to Use pinball machine in a Sentence

pinball machine

noun

• The venue also has a party room that features 11 pinball machines, a 90-minute axe-throwing duration and extra tables.
  — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 1 May 2024
• My wife loves the pinball machines and works her way down the aisles.
  — Kim Windyka, Daily Intelligencer, 16 June 2018
• There was a room at the back of the store with a pinball machine and jukebox where teens could hang out.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
• To game lovers, though, the best of all that ephemera is The Addams Family pinball machine.
  — WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
• The field looked like a pinball machine with both sides moving in and out of the other's end with precision and speed, in spite of the weather.
  — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• There's a dance floor, a DJ, pinball machines and a friendly crowd of regulars at the pool table.
  — Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald, 5 May 2018
• Kevin does, at least, put wee Tommy in front of a pinball machine, and the kid discovers his talent.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
• The pinball machine isn’t for sale, said Mr. Landau, but most of the other games can be purchased along with the house if a buyer desires.
  — Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
• The first few moments at the first Hell’s Kitchen outside a casino or a hotel place diners in a pinball machine.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
• The media room also features pinball machines and a chess set.
  — Devin Alessio, ELLE Decor, 15 Aug. 2016
• In one episode of Pickers, one of the hosts, Mike Wolfe, literally arm wrestles a seller to set the price of a pinball machine.
  — Stephen Lurie, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2021
• But in terms of major pinball machine makers, only Stern Pinball is still in the game.
  — Peter Rugg, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2017
• And the 10 men paid the price, the unlikely scorer Bakary Sako with an equalizer that wouldn't look out of place in a pinball machine with only a minute to spare.
  — SI.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Sprinkled about are artful touches like a raw copper tap box and two pinball machines off the main room.
  — Andre Meunier, oregonlive.com, 29 July 2019
• Bowlers pay for shoes and by-the-hour alley rates at Bowlero's front counter, which is backed by vintage photos and the painted back glass of a 1970 Strike Zone pinball machine.
  — John Monaghan, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Some, like Google, have offered free concerts and pinball machines—alongside free food, of course.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
• There is also a bar, a gym and an arcade-style area with a pinball machine, shuffleboard and foosball, all of which were sold with the home, Mr. Lewis said.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
• Advertisement The ding of pinball machines and an electronic buzz bounced through the cramped space.
  — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• Artwork on the back wall, a few pinball machines and arcades, and the bar taps behind the counter betray its standing as a neighborhood haunt.
  — Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Cobra Arcade Bar: A vintage video game and pinball machine bar with cocktails and craft beer.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
• Dusty gumball machines filled with little toys sit in a corner, near a small pinball machine.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2019
• The male found a pinball machine online and contacted the company to purchase it.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2021
• The wine’s energizing acidity made the sides of my tongue light up like a Bally’s pinball machine.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2022
• There were pinball machines and grand pianos, Yamahas and Steinways, in every house.
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 6 June 2019
• Patrons can also enjoy the pool table and a couple of pinball machines.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023
• Funarama is in the strip across from the public restrooms, and Playland Arcade, which boasts a wide selection of pinball machines, is just down the road.
  — Nicole Defeudis, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
• The McKinney brothers have been called to remove everything from a pinball machine to a hot tub to an 800-pound furnace.
  — Sonel Cutler, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
• More recent pinball machines include Avengers, Ghostbusters and Star Wars, each of which has been manufactured in the last decade.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• Some 35 years ago, its leftover World War II-era pinball machines finally got tossed.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 2 June 2018
• Worn wires spill out like spaghetti from an old pinball machine's control console.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2022

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024