whist

Example Sentences

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They are often held when family and friends gather, get animated and talk smack amid a spades or bid whist card game where jokers and deuces are always wild.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2024

Love, Peace & Spades is a safe and inclusive space for Black people to enjoy one another and play Uno, bid whist, Tunk, dominoes and spades.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Bid whist, for our generation, was the national Black pastime.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

These college students improved on some of the minor functions of whist in an attempt to keep the game moving, because they often had limited time to play it.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021

“No two ways about it,” Dessie said, and she popped the rubber band off the deck of cards to settle them down for a nice long game of bid whist.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison