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Example sentences for: betting

How can you use “betting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Prudie is betting that's the only compliment he's received on his manners since, oh, January.
Washington wags are "heavy betting" that the president is the source, says Juan Williams ( Fox News Sunday ). Evan Thomas ( Inside Washington ) notes that pre-emptive leaking of damaging information is SOP for the Clinton White House.
Hollings is betting on old-time Democratic politics, such as they still are in South Carolina.
The betting is that Chubais, a free-market advocate whom Yeltsin promoted just last week, can now put allies in key jobs and restart economic reforms.
USA Today , betting on impeachment fatigue, puts Lewinsky's testimony status inside and goes its own way with Russia's faltering role in the International Space Station.