How to Use game in a Sentence

game

1 of 3 noun

• She scored a goal to tie the game.
• She won the first two games, but lost the set and the match.
• That was a good game!
• We played a few games of chess.
• They are known to play a very rough game.
• She has a strong all-around game.
• She needs to improve her game if she wants to win the championship.
• Popovich’s move changed the game.
  — Nick Friedell, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
• But that’s the way our game is.
  — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
• That’s been the case through two games.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
• There were eight games and eight prizes.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
• This is not good for the game of golf.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• And the Aztecs will need games.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
• That was the game Towns played.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
• Miller isn’t one to burn the game tape from a loss.
  — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
• Lewis was fouled and hit two free throws to ice the game.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• The passion for the game is there.
  — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
• What was the best game this season?
  — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• In two years, Brooks has played in three games.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
• His 745 games played were eighth most.
  — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
• This was a fun moment from the game.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
• And cruise lines are upping their game.
  — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
• This game was not pretty for the home side.
  — James Mirtle, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Pereira went 2-for-3 with a walk in the game.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
• That was his last attempt of the game.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
• Vrabel’s job is to coach and win games.
  — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
• But the game was lost long before that.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
• Again, that happens in this game.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
• Or will someone slip up and cost them the game?
  — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• But longer games has not meant more playing time.
  — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

game

2 of 3 adjective

• Make your pre-game bets and follow along with the live odds during the game.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
• In the pre-game hype, the ad-less big screens ran a decibel meter for each team.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
• Its ties to pre-game coverage go back even further.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
• Still, Reid came to the post-game podium with no regret.
  — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
• Want to make it to the game after your pre-game party like these folks below?
  — Peter Chakerian, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
• This gives customers a chance to find value and hedge pre-game wagers.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
• The Chelsea head coach was scathing in his post-game assessment of the game.
  — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
• But the players aren’t buying into the pre-game hype.
  — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
• Cullop opened her post-game remarks by thanking the crowd.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
• Biles even shared a video of her sweet, pre-game kiss on the sidelines with Owens in her carousel.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
• His apartment is the perfect pre-game space for him and his friends before a night on the town.
  — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
• Stay after for special post-game concerts.
  — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2017
• New customers can sign up and place a pre-game moneyline wager on any team to win.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
• The pre-game drive afternoon tea has a savory and sweet option.
  — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025
• Reward your mini-game winners with prizes such as candy, desserts, or a drink.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
• His white shirt and tie were doused in the team's post-game celebration in the locker room.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2023
• His coach certainly knew it – and voiced it in the post-game press conference as well.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
• Kansas City was swarmed with tens of thousands of Dutch fans for a pre-game march.
  — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 28 June 2026
• Will there be pre-game entertainment?
  — Jackie Kostek, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
• Think of this as your pre-game meditation before the next big era begins.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 31 Aug. 2025
• Artists and students were game to be extras, making their real art in the background.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
• Netherlands The best pre-game party ever is thrown by the Dutch.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
• Make your pre-game wagers and follow along during the action to make live bets as the game unfolds.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
• At the end of the rope is a bucket that holds a percentage of each contestant’s pre-game body weight.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
• The pre-game event packs more Sesame Street goodness than a Muppet man cave.
  — René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Jan. 2026
• Some pre-game rule violations reshuffled the deck.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• The kids wore white-and-burnt-orange uniforms and did pre-game calisthenics with their coach.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
• However, pre-game photos and video show the two coaches shaking hands.
  — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
• But his hand began swelling up after his pre-game work Wednesday and he was scratched from the lineup.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
• In post-game interviews athletes are always gushing over their moms.
  — John Dunlap, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026

game

3 of 3 verb

• How has gaming changed in that time?
  — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 May 2026
• But what about those scofflaws who will game the system and walk?
  — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
• In a lot of ways, gaming that out was as fun as watching the movie.
  — Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 31 May 2026
• Don’t overthink it, just add to cart and get back to gaming.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
• But someone who tried to game the system could lose the coins that were staked.
  — Allyson Versprille, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
• Don't game on an empty stomach.
  — George Yang, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
• Get it and set yourself on a path to gaming glory.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
• Get it, and set yourself on a path to gaming glory.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
• Here too, insurers have found a way to game the system.
  — Robert Romano, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
• Overall, gaming on the Claw feels great.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 23 June 2026
• Patients are not trying to game the system.
  — Karen Arace, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
• Sick of dragging a cable around while gaming?
  — PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
• This weekends game away at Anfield will be a real test.
  — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• To Heck, the Baio episode showed how small and wide-open the site was — how it could be gamed.
  — Willy Staley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Which internet type is best for gaming?
  — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
• Sahm says the questions are designed to be difficult to game.
  — Trey Williams, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
• Some were tired from nights helping out at the family shop, and some had stayed up gaming.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
• The key for the Wild will be maintaining that energy game in and game out.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 12 Feb. 2024
• The series has always been clever in how players can outsmart and game the system.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
• We are meant to cheer the fact that Oher has gamed the educational process.
  — Steve Almond, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Some of the safety rails are being gamed by users intent on finding workarounds.
  — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
• At the same time, some unscrupulous home care agencies will surely find ways to game the new system.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• From homework to gaming to group chats, their digital lives can move faster than parents can keep up.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
• There was just no longer a point in trying to game out twists that might not have a basis in anything that came before them.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
• And perhaps most concerning, the caucus system is easy to game.
  — Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
• These companies game the system.
  — Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• So the Browns, like the Saints and other smart front offices, will likely game their cap sheet.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
• The company has described it as the biggest leap in gaming graphics in years.
  — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
• It could also be used in things like gaming to provide tactile realism for gamers.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
• The resources to build a superteam in free agency and the willingness to game the system.
  — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026