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Example sentences for "bet"

Lexicographically close words:
besy; besyd; besyde; besydes; besynes; betake; betaken; betakes; betaking; betcha
  1. By the soul of my fader, I'd bet my week's allowance on you anyhow.

  2. A knowing Westminster boy would have bet his half-crown upon Jack had he seen him and his anticipated adversary.

  3. I will not bet that we do not see a vessel--but I'll bet you what you please, that we do not take one before twelve o'clock at night.

  4. I'll bet all the gold hyar that Hell-Bent Wade wouldn't shoot any man in the back!

  5. I'm not going to lie, you can bet on that," he declared, forcefully.

  6. He'd bet with his grandmother an' he'd cheat the coppers off a dead nigger's eyes.

  7. I'll bet he thought I'd picked a shooting-scrape with one of the cowboys.

  8. I took every cartridge out, and you bet I ain't agoin' to let you shove any more in.

  9. You just bet I have," chuckled Allan, "for five minutes or so, turning and twisting.

  10. And you ask any of these fellows here now whether they believe Hayne was really guilty, and I'll bet you that eight out of ten will flunk at the question.

  11. I'll bet it's about Hayne," was the apparently unanimous sentiment as the cavalry party broke up and scattered for the morning's duties.

  12. I asked him how could he expect the captain to go and leave so much money in his bags with no one to guard it; and he said he'd bet on it if I did it right.

  13. I'll bet you that he was reporting to Squadron Leader Hays just about the time we were taking off in the Fulmar.

  14. And I'll bet you five pounds I spot her first.

  15. I don't bet unless I know what I'm betting on," Freddy said.

  16. Yes, sir, I'll bet you any amount of dough you want to put up!

  17. I'll bet she had someone write it for her, too.

  18. Why, I'll bet Granger's would give you a cool twenty thousand for that just as it stands.

  19. I wish she had--I'll bet there's enough good batting material right in this town to whip every nine in this part of the country.

  20. You just bet I will," promised Dale, easily.

  21. The road toward Cornwall is good and I've bet that I can get her up to sixty.

  22. I'll bet that he will weigh nearly a ton!

  23. I'll bet a coon skin that they are bound for Sacramento City and the gold-diggings, too.

  24. I'll bet a coonskin that I can find it first.

  25. I'll bet you an ounce of dust that there is a good five ounces of gold in this pan right now," declared the man, his eyes shining.

  26. You bet we do," was Bud's emphatic rejoinder, as he again pulled up his horse.

  27. Well, I'LL bet that I'll be sorry I didn't leave you with mother.

  28. I'll bet I can tell you more 'n you'll ever remember," he said.

  29. I'll bet if he knows Dale he won't be so worried.

  30. But I scared him so I'll bet he's runnin' yet.

  31. And now, whatever he has said to Beasley or you, it's a dead sure bet he's playing his own game.

  32. I'll bet you my hoss thet in a day or so this gang will go to pieces.

  33. Yes, I'll bet you would if you had me alone.

  34. I'll bet he had not expected me to be who I was.

  35. I'd bet my soul somethin' went back of me," declared Anson, glaring into the void.

  36. When taking leave of his comrades before setting out for France, Sergeant-Major Raynes said to a chum, "I'll bet you a shilling I win the V.

  37. He was now lying dead in front of the trench, and two of the men made a bet about his height and weight.

  38. You bet she is," replied the young man, ardently.

  39. And I'll bet you the juleps he knows more about you now than you do about yourself.

  40. The child lost a bet with me not long since," Sempaly explained.

  41. The bet outstanding between Zinka and Sempaly was not decided that afternoon.

  42. Another bet is still unsettled and is to be decided to-day at the Palatine.

  43. As to the bezel it is called mishbetzet (Mem Shin Bet Tsadi Tav.

  44. Perhaps he has made a bet with that friend of his that you will cross on the same day that he does.

  45. Then he said: "I'll bet you anything you like that's the king himself.

  46. Oh, as to that, I bet you he'll be in Paris by five to-day.

  47. All their dinner wasted, and I'll bet it was a good one.

  48. I had a bet with Anne that she would accept.

  49. What do you bet that I’ll catch you to-morrow.

  50. I bet that was when I was talking about the goose.

  51. If one tried for a bet to invent the most unlikely story, one could hardly find anything more incredible.


    52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adventure; ante; back; bet; book; call; chance; chunk; cover; fade; gamble; game; handbook; hazard; lay; parlay; pass; play; plunge; pot; predict; prognosticate; punt; risk; see; shot; stake; venture; wager


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    betake himself; betook himself; better adapted; better class; better come; better condition; better country; better for; better future; better idea; better knight; better knowledge; better place; better plan; better quality; better right; better state; better still; better system; better world; between citizens; between friends; between them; between themselves; between three; betwixt them