[
US
/ˌsɑɫəˈtɛɹ/
]
[ UK /sˌɒlɪtˈeə/ ]
[ UK /sˌɒlɪtˈeə/ ]
NOUN
- extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
- a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song
- a card game played by one person
- a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself
How To Use solitaire In A Sentence
- At that house, he would stop playing his game of solitaire over in the corner table and, cigar-smoke billowing around his massive figure, have me ask him in Yiddish -- bitte mia gelt -- "please give me some money," before peeling off a fresh ten soles bill. David Kersh: Time-travel to Peru With My Son
- The lonely old lady filled up the time between supper and retiring with solitaire.
- Nora was sitting on her bed, playing a game of solitaire, but she quickly changed the game so that Emy could join in.
- Everything was bone dry, and the cedar breaks below the escarpment held not a single robin, waxwing, solitaire, or bluebird.
- Jenny looked at the rather simple diamond solitaire sitting in a gold band.
- Indeed, the game is sometimes called patience sorting, where patience is the British term for solitaire.
- ‘Being the baby of the family, I certainly didn't think I would be getting a large solitaire of my dreams, and I didn't,’ she says.
- Enfin moi les tests de personnalité qui vous disent si vous avez le droit (oui parce qu'a ce niveau c genre on voit que t'es un solitaire tapa le droit de faire l'ecole) ou pas de faire ci ou ca par rapport a votre caractere je trouve ca debile a souhait! Pinku-tk Diary Entry
- ‘They steer away from anything that looks too engagementy, so solitaires, three-stones and clusters are out but we do sell a lot of solitaire necklaces and diamond crosses,’ he says.
- He stood around uneasily, obviously not wanting to go back to his game of solitaire while I was still in the room. THE EXECUTION