How to Use jai alai in a Sentence

jai alai

noun

• For the uninitiated, jai alai may sound like the new pro sports league on the block akin to that of ultimate or cornhole.
  — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2022
• The world’s fastest moving ball sport of jai alai is making a triumphant return to the fronton at The Casino at Dania Beach.
  — Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
• Bulger’s role in the penetration of the jai alai industry.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• What could be jai alai’s curtain call is playing out at Magic City Casino, the last place the game is played as a professional sport.
  — Joshua Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• DeSantis on Tuesday also signed a bill that could put an end to most live horse racing and jai alai games in Florida.
  — News Service Of Florida, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021
• Under the agreement, the Seminoles could begin sports betting Oct. 15 and sports wagering at horse tracks, jai alai frontons and former dog tracks for a share of the income.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
• Without getting misty-eyed, down this road lies turning the national pastime into jai alai.
  — Holman Jenkins, WSJ, 18 May 2018
• Some of her earliest memories involve traveling with her dad from their home north of San Diego down to Tijuana to bet on horse races or jai alai.
  — oregonlive, 11 May 2021
• Interest in gambling sports like jai alai and horse racing has declined tremendously since the late 20th century.
  — Josh Woods, Chron, 7 Nov. 2022
• Others are disposed of in a deadly game that seems to be a cross between handball and jai alai, with just a touch of ancient gladiatorial shields thrown in to ward off the deadly fireballs used in the contest.
  — Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2022
• She and her brother Manuel were born in Cuba before coming to Miami, where their father was a professional jai alai player.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2021
• Whatever emerges, there is a strong notion among jai alai promoters that their sport is undergoing somewhat of a revival in South Florida.
  — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 12 July 2019
• The legislation would allow casinos to operate card games without also having to run quarter horse or harness races or jai alai matches.
  — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• If passed by voters, Floridians 21 years old and up could wager on sports online, as well as at professional sports venues and pari-mutuel facilities, which include horse racing tracks and jai alai arenas.
  — Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com, 12 July 2021
• If passed by voters, Floridians 21 years old and up could wager on sports online, as well as professional sports venues and pari-mutuel facilities, which include horse racing tracks and jai alai arenas.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2021
• Also, lawmakers could allow many horse tracks and jai alai frontons to stop holding live races and performances while continuing to operate card rooms and, in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, slot machines.
  — Jim Saunders, orlandosentinel.com, 5 May 2021
• The Legislature is expected to consider a measure that would allow casinos to operate card games without also having to run quarter horse or harness races or jai alai matches.
  — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 14 May 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024