Examples of wager in a Sentence
Noun
He has a wager on the game.
I don't think the horse will win. What's your wager?
Verb
She wagered $50 on the game.
I wouldn't wager against them.
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Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Multiple people placed high-stakes wagers on Rozier to perform poorly before the game, all of whom won.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2025
Thousands of dollars have been wagered on the prediction market Polymarket over the potential outcome of the proposal.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In other words, the type of wager that Porter and his associates tried to exploit is a distinct byproduct of the legal-online-betting era.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Multiple people placed high-stakes wagers on Rozier to perform poorly before the game, all of whom won.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
Samuel Bejarano Colin, of Nyssa, Oregon, and Ivan Tellez, of Wilder, were also charged with transmission of wagering information, according to the indictment.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2025
Thousands of dollars have been wagered on the prediction market Polymarket over the potential outcome of the proposal.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Wager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wager. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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