How to Use dice in a Sentence

dice

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• They were shooting dice in one of the bar's back rooms.
• In this game, each player rolls the dice to see who plays first.
• Cut the beets in ¾-inch dice and proceed with the recipe.
  — Jim Webster, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
• The Raiders are about as certain as the next throw of the dice.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
• And will the Guardians roll the dice on a sportsbook of their own?
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2023
• Instead of rolling the dice on the games, get a first bet on the house.
  — cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
• The college has a week to decide whether to roll the dice or pull the plug.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 29 Mar. 2023
• Does that risk add up, or does each roll of the dice stand alone?
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 20 Sep. 2023
• But with the ball in his top scorer's hands, May rolled the dice.
  — Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
• Simply gather around the game board and take turns rolling the dice.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 14 Dec. 2022
• Shanahan had rolled the dice earlier in the game and won.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• The pitching market is such that some team might roll the dice.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
• There was a lucrative dice game that went on at the event.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• The next roll of the dice: Rivers, who was coaching Joel Embiid and the 76ers nine months ago.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• The set comes with 12 cards, two dice, a chip, and a spinner for all of your playing needs.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 10 Oct. 2022
• Still, the actor would have liked to have rolled the dice with a different guy.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• The game includes two pig dice, a dice cup, and a pig scoring guide with a scorepad.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
• Hafley rolled the dice again on fourth down, and Castellanos fought his way into the end zone.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Rolling the dice is too risky a price for an NFL team now on its fourth head coach in seven years.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
• This deal was about rolling the dice for a potential payoff in the future.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• In a town known for rules skewed in favor of the house, my father refused the dice as the stickman set them.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
• Lauder wanted to station the car outside the Neue Galerie for the run of the show, but no dice.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• Cut pears in half and discard cores and stems; dice into 1-inch pieces and place in a bowl with lemon zest and juice.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022
• Slice, dice, and mince with this 13-in-1 vegetable chopper that comes with eight blades to chop, shred, grate, and more.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• Grill baby ones whole, or dice larger ones and sauté or steam.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2022
• Leeds didn’t look like achieving that under Javi Gracia, which is why the club has rolled the dice.
  — Steve Price, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• For larger fruits, dice and sauté as a side dish or toss over pasta.
  — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2022
• But what about the idea of super talented people rolling the dice?
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
• But do the Chargers really have the luxury of rolling the dice on a first-time head coach?
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• And each use of meth or crack is a dice roll with the irreplaceable faculties of the brain.
  — Wilson M. Sims, Longreads, 7 Sep. 2023

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dice

2 of 2 verb

• Dice the potatoes and add them to the soup.
• Peel and dice one of the peaches and add to the filling.
  — Carrie Knauer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 July 2019
• When diced, add to the sauce pan, cover, and sweat with the meat.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
• Why not just add more fire and dice around the place to spruce it up?
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• Do not peel the poblanos, but remove the stem and seeds and dice the peppers.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• Remove from the heat and when the beets are cool enough to handle, peel and dice them.
  — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
• So there are many ways to slice and dice the numbers on Recovery.gov.
  — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018
• When done, dice the breasts into half-inch chunks and spread on top of the pie.
  — David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 17 Aug. 2023
• For the Corned Beef Hash, the potatoes are diced, boiled briefly and then fried in a skillet.
  — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
• The pancetta should be diced by hand, the mushrooms are best chopped with a knife, and the tomatoes crushed with a fork.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018
• Rarely did drivers truly dice back and forth for the lead.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 25 May 2018
• Since the shrimp are diced, the size doesn’t matter as much as the quality.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Cut the fruit in half, and dice it into medium-size cubes.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• With Holtmann at the helm, the Buckeyes have many ways to dice up Purdue.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
• Just dice them up and toss them in the skillet along with all the other goodies.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2021
• When cool, pull the chicken into large shreds (or dice with a knife).
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
• When time is up, your chicken should be fall-off-the-bone tender and ready to dice.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
• Or try smoked mozzarella for a change of pace; just dice it up.
  — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Kumari quickly diced one full onion and ground it on a stone slab.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
• The carrots would need to be washed and peeled, diced, but otherwise, fine.
  — Hilary Leichter, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2020
• While the onion and green pepper cook, remove the meat from the freezer and dice it into small pieces.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2018
• When liquid comes to a low boil, tear greens and finely dice the stems, if desired, and add to the pot.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2020
• Slice the carrot, cut up the cauliflower, dice the onion, strip the kale leaves off the stems, peel and chop the garlic, and chop the herbs.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2019
• To dice the tomato, cut it in half lengthwise, through the stem and down through its pert bottom.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• Save some time cutting up your herbs and quickly dice them with these shears.
  — Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 5 Aug. 2022
• In a large saute pan over medium heat, cook 5 ounces diced pancetta until crispy.
  — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
• Use cooked and crumbled bacon or diced and cooked pancetta.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2018
• Quarter, core and dice the apples into very small cubes and place in a large bowl.
  — Vogue, 5 Aug. 2022
• Cut away the white pith and finely dice the lemon flesh, discarding any seeds.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2021
• Amanda effortlessly dices red bell pepper and tomato and adds them to the pan.
  — Jordan P. Hickey, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024