How to Use royal flush in a Sentence

royal flush

noun
  • The actress' run-in with the Princess of Wales was thwarted by a royal flush.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Paddlepicker: Neither the sword nor the shield can protect the King from the royal flush.
    J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Call it a royal flush: Prince Charles has sent a reported claim about himself down the toilet.
    Zoe Szathmary, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Just over 40 years later, Friedman and Kohler return to Marfa, Texas, to achieve the same mission: portray the royal flush as art.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Being mentioned by all three in the same week is the science writer equivalent of being dealt a royal flush.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2011
  • According to Genius, a royal flush is the rarest and strongest hand possible in a game of Poker.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 21 May 2021
  • Trying to fill an inside royal flush in video poker can leave you without a payoff.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2022
  • Tucker Carlson drew the television equivalent of a royal flush on the week before Labor Day.
    David Bauder, Star Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Before Bama Rush, in other words, and Georgia’s perpetual royal flush.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022

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