How to Use cribbage in a Sentence

cribbage

noun

• Play dice games in a group, cribbage with you and a friend or solitaire by yourself.
  — Outdoor Life, 27 Apr. 2020
• Cousin Lou would always be on Madgie’s porch, playing cribbage with the adults.
  — Helen Shriver Riley, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 29 Aug. 2021
• The tournament is open to anyone who likes to play cribbage.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• But what worried me most was how this might affect his cribbage game.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2021
• Send tips, comments, and Carrie Coon’s cribbage board to [e-mail].
  — Rebecca Keegan, vanityfair.com, 19 June 2017
• Dauwalter passed that time playing cribbage with her crew.
  — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 28 June 2018
• In between cribbage hands the customers ask about Marleau’s future and San Jose.
  — Mike Guersch, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2017
• Or how Corren was the 11th or 12th-ranked woman in cribbage in America.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021
• The outdoor fireplace is a favorite evening backdrop for the couple’s cribbage games.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
• Among them, Cal Quantrill was not exactly shy about his skill at the table, and even broached the idea of learning Francona’s favorite game of cribbage to pass the time.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
• Before the pandemic, Mary Mika, 87, bounced around to three senior centers in the north metro each week to play cribbage.
  — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• His two crew members, who spent the trip playing cribbage and dozing in cramped bunks, snap into action.
  — Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
• In cribbage or a 16th-century French dice game, the place a loser is left by a decisive defeat.
  — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
• Craig had a great love of competitive games like Stratego, cribbage, & pool.
  — courant.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• In 1968, town officials planned an auction to sell five thousand pounds of antlers, hoping to attract makers of gun racks and cribbage boards.
  — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Nelson wrote poetry and was a skilled cribbage and poker player.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2019
• Play simple throwback games like cards or cribbage (or your favorite game while enjoying a long weekend up north).
  — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2017
• There was also space for groups of seniors to play bridge and cribbage or piece together intricate puzzles.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022
• Some of the first and most popular Alaska souvenirs were cribbage boards carved by Alaska Natives, often from walrus ivory.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2021
• Perhaps the oldest form of board games in Alaska is cribbage, a card game typically accompanied by a board with holes.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2021
• The former longtime Columbia resident who had lived in Ellicott City for the last decade was an avid bridge and cribbage player and hockey fan.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 31 July 2021
• The days then fall into a familiar rhythm, filled with swimming, water-skiing, big family dinners, and games of cribbage near the fireplace.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 9 Feb. 2023
• The memorial to Darby, 61 and longtime co-owner of Coach’s Bar & Grill nearby, included a cribbage board, cycling jersey and a large shamrock made of foil.
  — Rick Montgomery, Glenn E. Rice and Ian Cummings, kansascity.com, 4 June 2017
• In keeping with the neighborhood feel, the bar also hosts many fun events, including pool leagues, horseshoe leagues, cribbage tournaments, live music and more.
  — Geoff Bruce, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2018
• Chow eventually packs and delivers online orders of cribbage boards and workstation desks — all once used to eat sushi or stir-fry — all over New England.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
• Crew members made the best of it, sometimes taking meals together, at a distance, on the deck, or competing in an outdoor cribbage tournament, Lilly said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
• Possibly the most Wisconsin item: A Culver's cribbage board — handmade in Milwaukee.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
• The Senior Challenge is a cribbage tournament in which each player plays seven games against seven different opponents.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Richard enjoyed spending time with his grandson, volunteering for the community, playing cribbage and collecting coins.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 10 June 2018
• Regular games and activities include bingo, poker, setback, adult coloring, samba, bridge, knitters group, billiards, and cribbage.
  — Quoron Walker, Courant Community, 31 May 2017

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024