were gambling
- past progressive of gamble.
Example Sentences
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The decision was made, despite now torrential rain and the cars on worn intermediate tyres, because the teams were gambling on a red flag.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2024
“We were gambling our whole circus on a one-night deal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
The people steering the ship of these companies knew they were gambling on bad odds.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2022
They attacked the credibility of investors, using legal disclaimers to show that investors knew they were gambling on a young start-up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Presently the intolerable scandalmonger withdrew, probably to inform the people in the billiard-room that we two were gambling on the verandah like mad.
From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph
