Example Sentences
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England wing Abby Dow and her star-struck Spanish opposite number Claudia Perez exchanging a croqueted keyring, a hand-drawn portrait and shirts, external after their match last month was an irresistible example.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
If a croqueted ball is interrupted, the croquet may be repeated.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
It was while they were off, apart down the slope, just croqueted away for the time, to come up again with tremendous charge presently, that Harry asked her if she knew the game of "ship-coil."
From We Girls: a Home Story by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
The lineal descendant of St. Peter croqueted his ball through the arch and rejoiced that he was on saving ground.
From The Story of Chautauqua by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
As he has no bridges to run he can never re-roquet, and hence after he has roqueted and croqueted all the other balls his tour terminates at the next blow.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
