be game for
Example Sentences
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The winning candidate needs a distraction-free home office and must be game for odd hours because co-workers are spread across time zones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Labatut’s 2021 debut, “When We Cease to Understand the World,” was a surprise critical and commercial success; who knew so many readers would be game for melancholy fictional studies of quantum scientists?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
He’s probably not going to let you knock out walls, but I’m hopeful he’ll be game for a few smaller updates—especially since you’ve been there a decade.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2021
Needless to say, not every contractor will be game for this arrangement.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2017
“Have the people of this generation come down to hunting mice? They aren’t very strong, the new people, but I hardly thought mice would be game for them.”
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
