How to Use playing card in a Sentence

playing card

noun

• The soldiers left, the Blades played cards, the rain poured on, and the river rose.
  — Claire Galofaro, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2018
• Lott and Ryan played cards with my now eight-year-old son.
  — Megan Stielstra, Longreads, 19 Apr. 2018
• Chess games were common in the spring, and guys will play cards as well.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
• Never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city?
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2019
• Hoya means what in Latin and the Purple Aces are a playing card.
  — Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Mar. 2021
• Kids played cards and video games as adults rested on cots.
  — Wendy Leung, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2017
• Old ladies in folding chairs on the sand, playing cards.
  — Leslie Jamison, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2019
• The man, 49, was playing cards in his living room when he was shot in the abdomen.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2019
• Riders can stop at each place for giveaways and to pick a playing card out of a deck.
  — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Sep. 2020
• In the evenings families bring tables and chairs to play cards and listen to the radio.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
• The ones who were awake watched the Seahawks-Packers football game and played cards and dominoes.
  — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 11 Sep. 2017
• Gusts of wind ripped the bamboo-and-plastic roof, tossing the pieces like playing cards.
  — Shashank Bengali, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
• The family has passed the time by playing cards and watching movies.
  — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2020
• Two men play cards, while a third is probably helping one of the men cheat the other.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2020
• Some players were staying behind to play cards and catch up with the group later.
  — Keith Gave, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2018
• Don’t play cards on a train with a fella named Big Daddy (circa 1918).
  — Norman Chad, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2018
• Some of these skaters started out in not huge roles like playing cards or flowers.
  — Katie V. Jones, Howard County Times, 6 Apr. 2018
• Over time, people started forming their own groups to play cards on their own.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2018
• All players then play cards from their hands that also relate to the secret word.
  — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2019
• In his right coat pocket, a play card detailing the Knights' game strategies.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2018
• Each letter of the group’s name represents a member and a playing card.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022
• The clue package also included a rose, a globe and three King of Hearts playing cards.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• The next, everything crashes down like a house built with Hoyle playing cards.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2023
• Groups of men played cards, while teenagers organized a soccer game on a nearby field.
  — Robbie Whelan, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
• Visual clue: Ace of hearts playing card is shown catching fire.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2020
• Now QuantumScape’s battery cell is about the size and thickness of a playing card.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 8 Dec. 2020
• During the shift, Brown spent time playing card games with Hansen, doing odd chores around the house and making dinner for him.
  — Rj Sangosti, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019
• Bryan Price was never going to be the guy who lost his cool in the clubhouse or asked his players to stop playing cards on the airplane.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Men lounged in their usual groups, playing cards, smoking, drinking beer and whisky from car-boot bars; none of them wore masks.
  — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
• Milton enjoyed playing cards and a good game of baseball.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 16 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024