How to Use bankroll in a Sentence

bankroll

1 of 2 noun
  • They started the business with a fairly small bankroll.
  • But as his bankroll grows, so do the stakes.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This is a great way to build a starting bankroll.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This goes hand in hand with your bankroll management.
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This provides an instant boost to your bankroll.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Stick around for a few hours and your bankroll will almost certainly be gone.
    — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • Caesars Sportsbook is a great way to pad out your bankroll on large and small bets.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Many had been honing their skills — and building a bankroll — through online games.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2019
  • Expect a big bankroll here, as the luxury matches its price tag.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2021
  • And with entry costs set up for all bankrolls, everyone will be able to get in on the action.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Bettors can hedge their bets by picking favorites in other games and use this game as a chance to pad the bankroll.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Aaron Judge is returning to the Bronx with a much bigger bankroll.
    — Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • This low-risk, high-reward structure is an ideal way for new players to build a bankroll right from the start.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The union is a huge political player with hefty campaign bankrolls.
    — George Skelton, latimes.com, 11 May 2017
  • As of Sept 30, the group’s bankroll was empty, according to records.
    — Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Don’t miss out on the chance to hit the ground running with an extra $200 in your starting bankroll.
    — cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Grabbing this offer is the perfect way to build your bankroll ahead of this top-10 showdown.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • On the topic of starting and running up a poker bankroll, there is no shortage of advice out there.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Take advantage of their No Sweat First Bet to pad your bankroll.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The offer is entirely flexible based on your bankroll.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Progressed from loafing here and there with scant dollars in my pocket, to swaggering to and fro with a bankroll swelling my sock.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Each new player can build a bankroll with these welcome bonuses and start diving into the Week 1 matchups.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Evaluating and understanding key stats can guide you to more fairways, greens and birdies in your bankroll.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • But if Verifying wins, our $100 bankroll could be pretty big by the end of the day.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • This is a great chance to redeem welcome offers from the leading sportsbooks and build up bankroll for Week 2.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the high-stakes market, bankroll and risk tolerance tends to dictate where Gordon will get drafted.
    — Shawn Childs, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The weekly offers change regularly and can be utilized to increase your bankroll.
    — Gary Pearson | Catena Media, oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Nvidia will pump that amount into OpenAI to bankroll data centers.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
  • With so many exciting games, slots and free games on their site and app, the new offer is a great way to place your first wager and pad your bankroll at the same time.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • This welcome offer, exclusively for new users, provides a fantastic way to build your bankroll.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025

bankroll

2 of 2 verb
  • There’s been no update since fall on how a new football venue would be bankrolled.
    — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Still, some say more money will be needed to bankroll the effort over time.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Wall Street is already bankrolling the spree.
    — Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Trump plugged back into bankrolling EV chargers.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Right now, nobody has stepped up to bankroll such an ambitious effort.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Purkis said Caulfeild is bankrolling the business — at least initially.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
  • Pressure from drug lords who bankrolled the country’s top teams and top players, and also liked to bet.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • These add to the game’s entertainment while bankrolling your account.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • These companies’ investors didn’t set out to bankroll our decadence.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2021
  • Every one of them could double as a travel brochure aimed at the producers bankrolling them.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In at least one race, a candidate’s family has bankrolled much of his campaign.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And a large number of smaller projects favored by state lawmakers were bankrolled.
    — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Seid soon bankrolled a much more successful right-wing school takeover at GMU’s law school.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Yet other clubs, not bankrolled to such a vast extent, are now adopting similar tactics.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • But there’s a question of how long Newsom will be willing to bankroll the transit agencies.
    — Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Not everyone agrees the government should be in the business of bankrolling early-stage firms.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The funds have bankrolled protests, vote-buying schemes, and destabilization campaigns.
    — Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Adidas had stopped funding Yeezy apparel, so the artist was bankrolling it himself.
    — Megan Twohey, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Can a company fight hard on an artist’s behalf against itself, or against the very force that helps bankroll its existence?
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
  • But that doesn’t mean Thiegs encourages his clients just to bankroll their kids for the foreseeable future.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Far from slowing Russia’s growth, Mongol policies may have helped bankroll it.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Someone is going to have to bankroll/backstop the company for at least a year, probably more.
    — Alissa Jubelirer, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Others are bankrolled by wealthy families or networks of private investors.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Prosecutors say Taylor was one of the shooters and bankrolled the purchase of the firearms that were used.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Much of the conflict has been both driven and bankrolled by the country’s enormous deposits of metals such as gold, tin, and tungsten.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Girardi bankrolled her music career as the pop singer Erika Jayne.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Star Catcher Industries now has a big war chest to help bankroll its big dream — building a power grid in space.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 May 2026
  • Sam does not find out this season that Charlie bankrolled his education to become a doctor.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 June 2026
  • The universe of people willing and able to bankroll that — and who had control of an NFL team — was tiny.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The publishing house idea was mentioned and the Becks offered to bankroll the entire initiative.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022

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