fall of the cards

Example Sentences

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To Susan it seemed a little flat to sit here seriously watching the fall of the cards, deeply concerned in the doubled spade or the dummy for no trump.

From Saturday's Child by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

Rules should be considered second to circumstances and to the fall of the cards.

From Bridge Axioms and Laws by Elwell, J.B. (Joseph Bowne)

Herman looked up from his game, though in the midst of warm utterance in his native tongue at the immediate perverse fall of the cards.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon

Yes, yes; I see the fall of the cards.

From The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Mechanically, Winnie North complied, and, in a silence broken only by the whispering fall of the cards, he dropped before Willa herself a king full, and at the erstwhile dealer's place, four damning eights.

From The Fifth Ace by Gage, George W.