Russian roulette

Example Sentences

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From then on, “Another World” unfolds as a Russian roulette of the meetings Philippe takes in icy, impersonal rooms with men and women in suits.

From New York Times

But how about not jumping off cliffs; how about not playing Russian roulette?

From Salon

“It’s Russian roulette, or it’s the Big Bertha,” Bruno Retailleau, a top senator with the conservative Republican party, said last week to sum up the dilemma, referring to Germany’s famous World War I-era howitzer.

From New York Times

In a Seattle Times op-ed last August, former King County Sheriff John Urquhart defended the current law, comparing police pursuits to “playing Russian roulette with a 4,000-pound bullet fired down the street.”

From Seattle Times

She then “spun the cylinder, like you see in movies when someone is playing Russian roulette,” Gandy recalled.

From Los Angeles Times