How to Use cribbage in a Sentence

cribbage

noun

• The cribbage board keeps track of the score, as players move their pegs along the path.
  — Julianne Hilmes Bartlett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2022
• But what worried me most was how this might affect his cribbage game.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2021
• Play dice games in a group, cribbage with you and a friend or solitaire by yourself.
  — Outdoor Life, 27 Apr. 2020
• Cousin Lou would always be on Madgie’s porch, playing cribbage with the adults.
  — Helen Shriver Riley, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 29 Aug. 2021
• This cribbage board, made in Wisconsin and shaped like the state, has a pine trees and stars motif.
  — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
• Their morning hike then segued to lunch at Sean's house, followed by a cribbage game and a long evening spent talking.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
• His two crew members, who spent the trip playing cribbage and dozing in cramped bunks, snap into action.
  — Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
• The outdoor fireplace is a favorite evening backdrop for the couple’s cribbage games.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
• Nelson wrote poetry and was a skilled cribbage and poker player.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2019
• Craig had a great love of competitive games like Stratego, cribbage, & pool.
  — courant.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Play simple throwback games like cards or cribbage (or your favorite game while enjoying a long weekend up north).
  — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2017
• There was also space for groups of seniors to play bridge and cribbage or piece together intricate puzzles.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022
• In between cribbage hands the customers ask about Marleau’s future and San Jose.
  — Mike Guersch, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2017
• In cribbage or a 16th-century French dice game, the place a loser is left by a decisive defeat.
  — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
• Mahjong is a prime example of this, Killingstad says, and other ideas include checkers, chess, dominoes, and cribbage (just to name a few).
  — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 June 2026
• Perhaps the oldest form of board games in Alaska is cribbage, a card game typically accompanied by a board with holes.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2021
• The days then fall into a familiar rhythm, filled with swimming, water-skiing, big family dinners, and games of cribbage near the fireplace.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 9 Feb. 2023
• Or how Corren was the 11th or 12th-ranked woman in cribbage in America.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021
• In keeping with the neighborhood feel, the bar also hosts many fun events, including pool leagues, horseshoe leagues, cribbage tournaments, live music and more.
  — Geoff Bruce, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2018
• Before the pandemic, Mary Mika, 87, bounced around to three senior centers in the north metro each week to play cribbage.
  — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• In 1968, town officials planned an auction to sell five thousand pounds of antlers, hoping to attract makers of gun racks and cribbage boards.
  — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Some of the first and most popular Alaska souvenirs were cribbage boards carved by Alaska Natives, often from walrus ivory.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2021
• Among them, Cal Quantrill was not exactly shy about his skill at the table, and even broached the idea of learning Francona’s favorite game of cribbage to pass the time.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
• The modern fest is a full eight days long and includes an oyster-shucking contest, an adult basketball tournament, a cribbage competition and a beauty pageant.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
• Ping-pong and shuffleboard have been removed from the New York Mets clubhouse this season, replaced by a chessboard and cribbage table.
  — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
• Chow eventually packs and delivers online orders of cribbage boards and workstation desks — all once used to eat sushi or stir-fry — all over New England.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
• Customers who visit to play games can choose from dozens of board, card and video game options like Dungeons & Dragons, Settlers of Catan and cribbage.
  — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
• Crew members made the best of it, sometimes taking meals together, at a distance, on the deck, or competing in an outdoor cribbage tournament, Lilly said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
• Richard enjoyed spending time with his grandson, volunteering for the community, playing cribbage and collecting coins.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 10 June 2018
• The former longtime Columbia resident who had lived in Ellicott City for the last decade was an avid bridge and cribbage player and hockey fan.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 31 July 2021