How to Use chessboard in a Sentence

chessboard

noun

• If the field was a chessboard, Smith would be Zimmer’s queen.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• So light a fire, make a drink, and set up the chessboard—Beth Harmon would be proud.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 4 Dec. 2020
• Both are pieces on a chessboard they’re not allowed to see.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
• Hall is fine, as the script moves him around the chessboard feverishly.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
• At the end, Beth sits down in a Moscow park across from an old Russian man and a chessboard.
  — Sarah Miller, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2020
• The bots -- which look like washing machines on wheels -- move on top of a grid, like pieces on a chessboard.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
• One strategy is to bring a chessboard to a busy street and wait for someone to play with you.
  — Kasley Killam, Scientific American, 21 May 2019
• The King on the court was the queen on the chessboard, a centerpiece around whom the NBA’s roster-building game revolved.
  — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 1 July 2018
• And for those of you who think this pic isn't Malik, his chessboard tattoo doesn't lie.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 June 2018
• One trait that has served Mr. Burrow well on the football field has betrayed him on the chessboard.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• Once again proving, there are no safe moves on the Middle East chessboard.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
• The chessboard has greatly shifted since Musk made his bid on April 5.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 May 2022
• The decorative spires rising above the roof bring to mind a chessboard set with rooks and pawns.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2017
• The series was a surprise hit, and a bored and locked-down viewership spurred a spike in chessboard sales.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 7 May 2024
• This is true to an extent, but Flynn had placed himself on the chessboard.
  — New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• Normally played like the queen on the chessboard of Orange High’s offense, the running back feels like a pawn.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• But this first-round chessboard did not unfold in their favor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2021
• The competition is Knight Moves, where the players stand on a chessboard and must move only as a knight would.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2020
• For those eager to stay on their feet, wander over to the bocce court or the giant chessboard for a round, glass of Pinotage in hand.
  — Bryce Wiatrak, SFChronicle.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• There's also Croatia; the players sport a red and white chessboard on their chests.
  — Steve Almasy, CNN, 13 June 2018
• Eventually, there’s a chessboard on the ceiling, with all the SNL cast members’ heads glued onto the pieces.
  — Matthew Love, Vulture, 23 May 2021
• A chessboard sits on a card table at the far end of the Baltimore Orioles’ clubhouse, near most of the pitchers’ lockers.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 29 May 2017
• The streets and open spaces here have become a fatal chessboard of turf wars amongst the city’s notorious gangs.
  — Fox News, 13 July 2019
• But then an acquaintance is discovered facedown on a chessboard, the back of his head gone.
  — Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023
• But recall the legend of the rice and the chessboard: In one version, a king captivated by the game of chess told the sage who invented it to name his reward.
  — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019
• Marvel needed at least one person who could see the entire chessboard.
  — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
• Griner got nine years, six months, a sudden pawn on a political chessboard.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
• The sudden emergence of a strong third-party force shook up the political chessboard.
  — Natalie Alcoba, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
• Across the chessboard are janjaweed and every other sort of poacher who might test the boundaries of Zakouma.
  — David Quammen, National Geographic, 12 Nov. 2019
• The event showcased AlphaGo, which beats top players at go, a 25 century-old game played with black and white stones on a chessboard-style grid.
  — Joe McDonald, The Seattle Times, 24 May 2017

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024