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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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Now, with sports betting legal across much of the country, there’s no shortage of wagers to place.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Wednesday Millions of folks wager their lunch money every week on NFL proposition bets.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Once you are set up with a new account, make sure to look at a wide variety of betting options with your first wager.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Now, with sports betting legal across much of the country, there’s no shortage of wagers to place.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote The Bell Curve in 1994, wagered that one of his core ideas about genetics and intelligence would be proved true by 2025.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Wednesday Millions of folks wager their lunch money every week on NFL proposition bets.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Wager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wager. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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