had gambled
- past perfect of gamble.
Example Sentences
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He told GB News he had gambled £800 that he would lose Central Suffolk and North Ipswich to the Conservatives.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
The casinos then withheld the patrons’ winnings, placing them in an escrow account to give them time to prove they had gambled legally.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
Lenin’s dark musings seemed almost prophetic in the jittery aftermath of World War I. Weimar Germany had gambled, badly, in financing its losing war effort with borrowed funds.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
Land buyers who had gambled on continuously rising prices faced destruction, and distress was probably greatest on the cotton frontier.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Others, who had gambled on a girl, shouted in triumph.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
