How to use spade in a sentence

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• Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade.From the entry tool
• I thought I'd draw another spade, but I ended up with a busted flush.From the entry busted flush
• Last year we harvested almost no potatoes, but this year we're getting them in spades.From the entry in spades
• Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.From the entry river
• Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.From the entry snap
• When Randy took the queen of spades on the last trick in our game of hearts, he shot the moon.From the entry shoot the moon
• The ace of spades is a black ace.From the entry black ace
• He led the ace of spades.From the entry lead
• Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 57. From the entry spades
• First was his straight tapered leg, sometimes with a spade foot, at other times tipped in brass.2011, George Grotz, The Furniture Doctor, →ISBN. From the entry spade foot
• North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown.2008 December 26, Phillip Alder, “Set the Toys Aside and Listen to What the Cards Are Saying”, in The New York Times. From the entry laydown
• That leaves us with eight spades and three non-spade queens to complete a gutshot straight.2006, Angel Largay, No-Limit Texas Hold'Em: A Complete Course, →ISBN, page xxxvi. From the entry gutshot straight
• Maybe God just calls a spade a spade, when the president talks to God.2005, Bright Eyes, When the President Talks to God. From the entry call a spade a spade
• He grabs a spade and a-diggety-dig-a-diggin’ he goes, as fast as all get out.1998, Nancy Van Laan, With a Whoop and a Holler: A Bushel of Lore from Way Down South, page 34. From the entry diggety
• The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"1992, Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing, published 1992, →ISBN, page 40. From the entry ching
• Watson took the spade lead, as he had to, and continued with the heart eight.September 4, 1980, Louis Egan Steele, “Bridge expert plays his cards right”, in Monrovia News-Post, page 49. From the entry ace bare
• His troubles arose from doubt as to the soundness of the one spade bid by South.1935 March 20, The Daily News, Perth, page 17, column 4. From the entry on the grid
• Spade took two long steps and caught Effie Perine by the shoulders.1930, Dashiell Hammet, The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 140. From the entry bawl
• Spade grinned wolfishly, showing the edges of teeth far back in his jaw.1930, Dashiell Hammet, chapter 2, in The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC. From the entry wolfishly
• The spade foot leg may be used as an alternate design.1929 June, Charles A. King, “Constructing a Piano Bench”, in Popular Science, volume 114, number 6, page 79. From the entry spade foot
• A black and white comfit of a man with a chin shaped like a spade, doorstop for a nose..2023, Trent Dalton, Lola in the Mirror. From the entry comfit
• The two of them played about four hands of spades, each of which was close but as usual, Yvonne won.2009, Crystal Y. Dixon, Destiny's Time, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry sell wolf tickets
• After North opened one spade, South responded one no-trump, semiforcing.2009 January 15, Phillip Alder, “Scrutinizing the Dummy to Develop the Defense”, Bridge, in New York Times. From the entry semiforce
• South now had seven tricks (two spades, three hearts and two clubs), and a later misdefense allowed an overtrick.2009 January 15, Phillip Alder, “Scrutinizing the Dummy to Develop the Defense”, Bridge, in New York Times. From the entry misdefense
• South’s jump to three spades, a superaccept, announced four-card spade support, a maximum and (typically) a doubleton somewhere.2008 March 3, Phillip Alder, “In Las Vegas, It’s All About the Odds”, in New York Times. From the entry superaccept
• A forepack carried over the saddlebags contained a gas mask, hand spade, food bag, field flask and cooking utensils.1991, Alex Buchner, The German infantry handbook, 1939-1945. From the entry forepack
• Declarer threw his queen of spades on the high diamond.1990 January 4, “Sharp coup overcomes trump split”, in The Washington Times. From the entry throw
• At the start it could only produce spades and sickles.1978 June 23 [1978 May 13], “Yunnan Prefecture's, Industry”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 435, United States…. From the entry Lufeng
• The second spading will be much easier than the first.1975, The American Rose, volume 23, page 16. From the entry respade
• "He is three times that bad in spades," I said.1954, Richard [Pike] Bissell, High Water (Atlantic Monthly Press Book), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, OCLC 760577; republished…. From the entry in spades
• After the ejected case has cleared the loading tray, the spade man depresses the spade release lever to drop the spade.1944, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Training Division, Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, page 136. From the entry spade man
• He had balance and coordination in spades; he had an iron forehand with a velvet touch; and the footwork of Muhammad Ali.2022 September 22, Russell Fuller, “Roger Federer retires: Swiss great played tennis with a balletic grace beyond modern compare”, in BBC…. From the entry balletic
• Lethargy was hitting me in spades.September 2020, Aidan Martin, Euphoric Recall, page 57. From the entry gouch
• On our last trip, hearts on sleeves and neighbourly love in spades had been replaced by clubs in hand and diamond geezers in warring gangs.2012, Sam Bleakley, “Getting Traction in Haiti”, in Surfing Tropical Beats, Alison Hodge Publishers, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry hearts on sleeves
• The ‘cascrom’, or crooked spade, was the most important tool for agriculture throughout the Western Isles and major parts of the mainland Highlands.2007, Martin Rackwitz, Travels to Terra Incognita: The Scottish Highlands and Hebrides in Early Modern Travellers' Accounts c. 1600 to…. From the entry cascrom
• Today's declarer took the ace of diamonds and saw that a high diamond in dummy would provide a pitch for his spade loser.14 April 2006, Frank Stewart, “Bridge”, in Bangor Daily News. From the entry ohnosecond
• The warren hoe is shaped like a spade but is set at a 90-degree angle at the end of a standard hoe-handle.1976, H. Gordon Lewis, The Family Food Garden: 1977 Annual Manual, page 46. From the entry warren hoe

Meaning of spade

1. noun A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
2. noun A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
3. noun A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.

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Questions about spade in a sentence

How do you use spade in a sentence?

Spade is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I've got only one spade in my hand.”

What is a short sentence with spade?

“He led the ace of spades.”

What does spade mean?

Spade means a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.