Wherefore he had no notion of what the men were fighting about, but he betted that more would be heard about it.
During that time I have not attended or betted upon a horse-race, or a fight, or any public exhibition of that nature.
He betted L1500 that a man could live twelve hours under water; hired a desperate fellow, sunk him in a ship, by way of experiment, and both ship and man have not appeared since.
The commoner betted the odds deeply at the rate of three to two.
Probably Alan had already betted the money; but even if that were so, he had vain visions of forcing the man who had received the stolen thousand to disgorge.
I think it was bettedon the Brooklyn Derby, probably on my horse.
He related how he had traced the stolen note, how he had discovered it, how he had brought the bookmaker down, and how, without guidance from him, Farrell had gone into the bank and identified Mortimer as the man who had betted the money.
It was a big bottle, and all my pockets were small; but I got it into the pocket he'd betted against.
The men pretended to get more and more excited, and betted freely; and Rats did his best.
She had been advantageously weighted, and Cook, believing that the mare would win, betted largely upon the event.
He kept racehorses and betted considerably; and in the course of his operations he became much connected and familiarly intimate with the prisoner William Palmer.
Charles rode behind with the other groom, who talked to him about the coming Derby, and would have betted against Haphazard at the current odds.
At the races the next morning we saw the young ladies again, betted gloves with them till we lost, and delighted them with some Paris ones.
The first day I was gifted with such a prophetic vision, that twice, by the mere exercise of my proper observation and judgment, I betted upon the winner at the saddling, and gained a considerable sum.
This young Hunt betted a hundred pounds that he would drive the equipage in question at full speed across the 'Serpentine,' and won his wager in brilliant style.
Since their Sunday's conversation, his lordship was more free and confidential with his kinsman than he had previously been, betted with him quite affably, and engaged him at backgammon and piquet.
More and more Mr. Will betted with him, and wanted to sell him bargains.
Nor were ridiculous wagers unknown: they bettedupon the Walking Dutchman; and Mrs. C.
Vast sums were bettedon all these eccentric operations.
We were standing by him, and he betted us a shilling each that he would bring down the next bird that came over.
The man was a great lord, he was totally disinterested and utterly generous, he never betted a penny, and he only preferred to see the superb thoroughbreds gallop.
As usual, some bagatelle of a million or thereabouts had been betted on a horse which had won several races, and this animal was reckoned to be incapable of losing: but the untried animal shot out and galloped home an easy winner.
Upon my word, you present yourself so gracefully that I would have betted you were French.
Sir, when I saw you, I was near making the same mistake; I would have betted you were Italian.
Dick would beat him--would have betted the long odds the moment I saw it was him.
We had a raffle for a gold snuff box, a challenge of fifty against Lord Lavender's Dusseldorf Pipe, and five hundred betted upon the number of shot to be put into a Joe Manton Rifle.
A foot race, and a dispute as to the odds betted on the second October Meeting, occupied the third course.
But should we be indifferent whether we betted for or against some one colour, as, for instance, white?
Two ladies fainted, and two gentlemen betted across them.
He betted £1500 that a man could live twelve hours under water; hired a desperate fellow, sunk him in a ship, by way of experiment, and both ship and man have not appeared since.
He was the brother of Sir George Brograve, and had been a captain in the 2nd Dragoons, and for some years had betted heavily.
He sent for her, and half the palace betted she was ripe for banishment to one of those island retreats where Crispina (the wife of Commodus who was banished to the isle of Capreae and there secretly put to death) lived less than a week!
But should we be indifferent whether we betted for or against some one color, as, for instance, white?
After many sallies of so-called wit, Wildrake rallied Philip on the quantity of wine which he had taken, and betted that he could not walk steadily from the one end of the balcony to the other.
Wildrake laughed, and dared him to do it: Jones betted ten to one that he could not.
A stranger once betted on the game of a lady at a gaming-table, who claimed a stake although on a losing card.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
