Players

Examples

• But what do you say to flute-makers and flute-players? Plato. The Republic.
• It's ridiculous, ma'am,' said Bitzer, 'because the chances are against the players. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• These are termed bridge hooks and are for the purpose of having the cue-bridge ready of access for the players when necessary. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There are more billiard players in the United States than there are baseball players; not mere spectators, but actual players. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But heedless of the peasant's warning, the players moved straightway toward the castle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We may place our men, then, I think,' observed the officer, with as much indifference as if the principals were chess-men, and the seconds players. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At all hours of the day and night in walking the streets, the eye was regaled, on every block near the water front, by the sight of players at faro. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Plato gave his account of knowledge on the basis of an analysis of the knowledge of cobblers, carpenters, players of musical instruments, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• You will not like us at Middlemarch, I feel sure, she said, when the whist-players were settled. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The exorbitant rewards of players, opera-singers, opera-dancers, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They had been waiting outside for the conclusion of the play, as the players had waited for the conclusion of the dance. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Pilar was sitting by the fire, her chair turned so that she could see over the shoulders of the two card players who had their backs to her. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The whist-players were Mr. Pickwick and the old lady, Mr. Miller and the fat gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This would not secure a band leader, nor good players on certain instruments. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When she said this the card players looked up from the table and Pablo stared at Robert Jordan. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The room and the house were silent: only now and then the merriment of the billiard-players was heard from above. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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