Sentence examples for spade play from inspiring English sources

So West ducks this spade play.

But a spade play would have helped the declarer in many situations.

With an early spade play, the defenders could have taken a trick in each side suit for down three.

South entered his hand with a spade play to the queen, and led a low heart to the jack.

If East had it, the Morton's Fork play would have still worked if declarer's first spade play was a low card from the dummy.

If he had started with a heart, the slam would have failed, assuming West did not take the first spade play by South toward the dummy.

At the other table, Verhees (West) opened one spade, playing a canapé system in which a shorter suit is bid before a longer one; Duboin (North) passed; and van Prooijen (East) jumped to three spades, pre-emptive.

He would have won the diamond shift with his ace, discarding South's remaining low spade, played a spade to the king and ruffed a club in his hand.

Among notable skits, Spade played Dick Clark's receptionist, repeatedly asking, "And you are?," and an annoying flight attendant who utters "buh-bye" as passengers disembark.

Among his notable skits from his 1990s "Saturday Night Live" days, Spade played a receptionist repeatedly asking, "And you are?" and a flight attendant who utters "buh-bye" as passengers disembark.

A low-spade play at this point would have defeated the contract, but East erred by cashing his diamond king to reach this ending: The defense needed one more trick to defeat the contract.