spiels
- present tense form of spiel (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The playoff music, meant to signal winners to wrap up their spiels, began playing more than halfway into Brody’s speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
The stray references in these spiels are still hot, such as the one to “John Lovitz” and “SNL when it was good.”
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2024
He was hired to do sleight-of-hand tricks at a shop in Manhattan and later had his first writing credit, a 1946 booklet, “The Encyclopedia of Patter,” inspired by magicians’ onstage spiels.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
Justine Roux, Seedlip’s New York market manager, suggested that the bartenders might start including Seedlip in their spiels.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2019
"What kind of spiels do you give 'em?" she inquired with growing interest.
From Polly of the Circus by Mayo, Margaret
