fall of the cards
Example Sentences
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They could even hear the soft fall of the cards and Sylvia's musical laugh in the background.
From The Wicked Marquis by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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.
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
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
Remember, that in the final fall of the cards it was necessary that they should be in four packs, headed by the ace of clubs, king of diamonds, queen of spades, and knave of hearts.
From The Gates of Chance by Sutphen, Van Tassel
