How do you use Cribbage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like crib or cards, plus the exact meaning.
Cribbage in a sentence
Cribbage meaning
- A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
- A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
- A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.
Using Cribbage
- The main meaning on this page is: A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic. | A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15. | A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.
- Useful related words include: crib, card game, cards.
- In the example corpus, cribbage often appears in combinations such as: and cribbage, cribbage games, playing cribbage.
Context around Cribbage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cribbage
- In this selection, "cribbage" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, playing, shaped, vineyard, games, tournament and boards stand out and add context to how "cribbage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a regional cribbage tournament on and and playing cribbage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cribbage" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cribbage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He liked cooking and playing cribbage. (6 words)
A retired teacher oversees the rec department's weekly cribbage games. (11 words)
In his free time, he enjoyed bowling and playing bridge and cribbage. (12 words)
Join us every Saturday from mid-February through March to play board games like the Settlers of Catan, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, Battleship, Sorry and more, plus card games like cribbage and Uno. (33 words)
Some of Dick’s favorite hobbies included hunting, golfing, playing cribbage, spending quality time with his family, and listening to Doris Day, Patsy Cline, and Frank Sinatra. (27 words)
A running total score is often kept on a cribbage board. 5s-and-3s is played in a number of competitive leagues in the British Isles. (26 words)
Example sentences (15)
Boxes of polished gemstones segue into an array of custom-shaped cribbage boards, enough to intrigue the most stubborn septuagenarians.
He liked cooking and playing cribbage.
Some of Dick’s favorite hobbies included hunting, golfing, playing cribbage, spending quality time with his family, and listening to Doris Day, Patsy Cline, and Frank Sinatra.
Thirteen Vineyard Cribbage Club members met on Wednesday at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown to play our favorite game.
He also enjoyed canning and playing cards, especially his Tuesday night suppers and cribbage games with his best friend Julie.
This just in from the Slave Lake Pioneers: they are hosting a regional cribbage tournament on Jan.
Anne loved playing board games with family, monopoly was a favorite, as well as chip rummy and cribbage.
Join us every Saturday from mid-February through March to play board games like the Settlers of Catan, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, Battleship, Sorry and more, plus card games like cribbage and Uno.
A retired teacher oversees the rec department's weekly cribbage games.
Elaine Gilmore, on the board of the Canton Council of Aging, attends the cribbage games on Wednesday evenings at 7 at the American Legion hall.
In his free time, he enjoyed bowling and playing bridge and cribbage.
Nov 28 – Cribbage game at the Lochaber Center, Lochaber is cancelled for tonight.
There will also be a selection of kids’ games as well as a cribbage tournament (with prizes).
When I was a kid, it was like solitaire, cribbage, “Clue” and “Guess Who” that ate up the majority of my time.
A running total score is often kept on a cribbage board. 5s-and-3s is played in a number of competitive leagues in the British Isles.
Common combinations with cribbage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: