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Example sentences from the Web for charadesHers was “a culture of silences, reticences, charades and circumlocutions.” Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Just a few episodes before we were laughing and playing Charades, and now I have to knock her out. ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Uzo Aduba on Her Journey From Track Phenom to Crazy Eyes|Marlow Stern|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST I had never acted in anything but charades, but I could not refuse to do whatever she wished. My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)|Charles Paul de Kock I have often played in charades, said Sylvia, with a quick sigh. A Very Naughty Girl|L. T. Meade
A good many names had been given in for the Charades competition, and these were arranged in groups of four. A Patriotic Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil Then she is charming and merry, makes enigmas and charades, which she gives mostly to her mother and Petrea to guess. If you remember, we had had some charades while you were with us, and had bought some rouge for them.
noun(functioning as singular) a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word Word Origin for charadesC18: from French charade entertainment, from Provençal charrado chat, from charra chatter, of imitative origin Words nearby charadescharacter type, character witness, charactery, charactonym, charade, charades, charanga, charango, charas, Charcas, charco Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to charadesdeception, travesty, farce, pageant, disguise, fake, trick, pretension, pretentiousness, make-believe, put-on, mimicry, parody, pantomime |