rummy

Example Sentences

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"I also lost to my daugher Sophia at cards over Christmas. We played rummy and I think she was cheating - a lot like AI, she was definitely getting some help from somewhere."

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Without much warning, these adults will suddenly start speaking in a cartoonish voice: Eric turns rummy as a mannered Brit named Charles, while Rachel murmurs as “Moopie-Moopie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023

On a suit of twos for rummy, he had printed the words, “Will you marry me?”

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Roberta later would take her own three children on similar long educational road trips, as well as regularly touring the world with Rowena while they continued a gin rummy game that reportedly lasted for decades.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2020

It had been more than a few days since I’d dropped it in the mailbox, before playing gin rummy with Mr. Scanlon.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen