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How to use endgame in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, adjective

Endgame means the final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left. Example: “Rooks become much more important in the endgame.”

Examples of endgame by meaning

nounThe final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.

  • Rooks become much more important in the endgame.

nounThe final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.

  • You can't really use squeeze plays until the endgame.

nounThe final stage of any game.

  • Being stuck with two V tiles can make for an awkward Scrabble endgame.
  • Lower levels often mean higher stakes, with characters lacking the inflated health pools and superhuman abilities of endgame builds.2025 February, Ted Litchfield, “Finding a Path”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 10

nounThe final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization...

  • What's his endgame, do you think?
  • He had been a Commando during the war, had landed on Sword Beach and skirmished his way across the ravaged remains of Europe after D-Day before slogging out the endgame, attached to the 63rd Anti-Tank Regiment.2015, Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins, →ISBN, page 138
  • In meme parlance, you may ask “Why?” but ah, an intellectual asks, “What’s the endgame?”2019 April 25, Heather Schwedel, “The Myth of the Endgame”, in Slate

adjectiveHaving become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.

  • TJLC’ers’ strong belief in Johnlock as endgame was intrinsically linked with their trust in the show’s creators, which enabled them to interpret the repeated denial of the subtext in Sherlock as part of the game.2017, Suzanne Frenk, "Telling The True Story: Queerbaiting, representation, and fan resistance in the BBC Sherlock fandom", thesis...
  • I think the fans and I were pretty aligned with who we wanted as endgame couples.2020, Marlene King, quoted in Sara K. Day & Summer Melody Pennell, "#PLLQueerTheory: Fans’ reactions to queer representation in Pretty...

More sentences with endgame

  • John spends two hours a day studying chess openings, and another two hours studying endgames.From the entry opening
  • Alice is a hypercarry: level her up and she will take you all the way to endgame.From the entry hypercarry
  • The opposite-colored bishops endgame is usually a book draw.From the entry book
  • Squeeze play is an important part of the endgame.From the entry squeeze play
  • Our computer chess program uses lookahead to avoid difficult endgames.From the entry lookahead
  • The original endgame was one file to the right (Kf1, Kb5 etc.).2003 June, Pal Benko, “Endgame Lab”, in Chess Life, volume 58, number 6, New Windsor, N.Y.: United States Chess Federation, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry cook
  • Before he returns to performing some castles and en passants, Williams has to determine his endgame in the tourney.2012 March 17, Ben Watanabe, “New Mexico Point Guard Kendall Williams Puts Chess Match on Hold During Tournament”, in New England Sports…. From the entry en passants
  • On the final day Marshall won a pawn as Black from another old rival, Hodges, but couldn't convert it and played on until a drawn king-and-pawn endgame.1994, Andrew Soltis, Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion, McFarland, Inc, →ISBN, page 262. From the entry convert

Meaning of endgame

  1. noun The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
  2. noun The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
  3. noun The final stage of any game.

Full definition of endgame

Questions about endgame in a sentence

How do you use endgame in a sentence?
Endgame is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Rooks become much more important in the endgame.”
What is a short sentence with endgame?
“What's his endgame, do you think?”
What does endgame mean?
Endgame means the final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.

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