lay a wager

Example Sentences

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Then I'll lay a wager, Conti, that it is the portrait of the artist's own mistress.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

Wilt lay a wager with me that another two months will not find John Drayton fighting by my side?

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster

"Let us lay a wager on it," said the Englishmen.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

We resemble not the celebrated comedian, Mademoiselle Duclos, to whom somebody said: "I would lay a wager, mademoiselle, that you know not your credo!"

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

I will lay a wager that he sold it for six.”

From Anecdotes for Boys by Newcomb, Harvey