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Twice Jack's queen was in Bluebell's grasp uncaptured, and he could at any time have checkmated her, had he been as attentive to the variations of the game as to those of her countenance.

From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft

They have checkmated the exploiter if they could, as they did checkmate Napoleon, but they have not always, or even usually, looked upon him as a wrong doer.

From Religion and the War by Various

But before the company could resume their seats, his Royal Highness exclaimed, "Another of the same, if you please, to the Author of Marmion—and now, Walter, my man, I have checkmated you for ance."

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

“You might have checkmated me, last move, Enrico,” said Isabel.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

I might have checkmated the White Prince, shut in by his own castles and pawns,—it would have been a direct checkmate!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various