Sentence examples for taking a trick from inspiring English sources

Taking a trick from bacterial genetics, neurogeneticist Heidi Scrable and colleagues at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have now adapted a well studied regulatory system to the lab mouse.

Anyone failing to take a trick is knocked out and retires.

The poor old Penny Panthers can't take a trick with injuries this year.

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

A new rule being circulated would take a trick that the power company Duke Energy dreamed up for circumventing New Source Review and turn it into law.

Finally, if both defenders throw a diamond winner, South can lead any card in his hand and eventually take a trick.

West, who did not know that his trumps were due to take a trick, obliged by playing low, and South seized his opportunity.

It is a second- or third-hand play that seeks to take a trick with a card, usually an honor, when the opponents hold one or more higher cards.

This is a typical example: NORTH 10 8 4 WESTEAST A 7 2K J 9 5 SOUTH Q 6 3 If East leads the five, declarer can play low from his hand and take a trick in the suit.

They tried, sure enough, but they couldn't take a trick and spent much of the second half back-peddling in their own half, and too long pinned on their line.

Giffen had a memorable game when the Australians played Lancashire at Old Trafford, taking a hat trick in the Lancashire innings and then scoring 113.