How to Use board game in a Sentence

board game

noun
  • Here are some of the very best board games to try.
    — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 28 Jan. 2026
  • It was even turned into a board game.
    — Maddie Stone, ProPublica, 25 June 2026
  • And that was simply over a board game.
    — Cecil Joyce, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Check out these board games for every age.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Its members played card and board games with kids.
    — Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There was a fireplace, board games, and books.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Or, any other non-spooky board game would do.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Bands, DJs, board games on the back shelf.
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Chits and Chats is a pay-by-the hour board game cafe.
    — Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
  • On that night, though, our version had the pace of a board game.
    — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Chris Evans a board game model?
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The all-ages event features karaoke along with video and board games.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Drop in after school to play board games and video games with your friends.
    — cleveland, 13 Jan. 2020
  • What are the best board games for adults in 2026?
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • The prison’s dining halls, break rooms, gym and board games are for guards.
    — Marcos Aleman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • There will also be games to play, like corn hole, darts and board games.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Then keep scrolling to shop more board game deals at Amazon.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This is where miniature grab-and-go board games and card games will come in handy.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Catan wasn’t his first board game that made it onto the market.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The Lab has games nights where people bring in their own board games.
    — Andre Meunier, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
  • So here are my picks of the best space board games this Christmas.
    — Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025
  • There is a huge board game library, but patrons can bring their own.
    — Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The company nixed that idea but asked him to try to dream up a board game.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The short answer to the questions posed above is that this isn’t a board game.
    — Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Ask for one of a dozen board games at the bar, then sink into a leather couch by the fire.
    — Lauren Matison, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • This could mean starting a book club, a dinner club, or a board game night.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Or card games, board games, pickleball games.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Not the one who’d played board games with the kids and coached their basketball teams.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Sometimes the group just watched a film, went hiking or played mah-jongg or a board game.
    — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • And the competitive dad will love a set of retro board games.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 21 Sep. 2023

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