How to Use card table in a Sentence

card table

noun
  • There is no better way to end a long day of fun in sun than at a card table.
    — Todd Stewart, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
  • Then there are others who love cards and a card table is needed.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 26 May 2021
  • Plopping down a beach chair and card table is no longer cutting it.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Napier picked up the catchphrase around the card table as a kid.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • There’s also a card table with cards scattered on it.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The clients invited him to plop down at a card table in an empty field.
    — Matthew Millman, House Beautiful, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Some of the women gathered around the card table had known each other for decades.
    — Caroline Kitchener, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2022
  • Momma kept a glass vase on the card table in the kitchen, which mostly stayed empty.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Two men set up a card table to play dominoes, one with a surgical mask around his neck.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • There was wine being served in plastic cups, and the runway was made of long card tables.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The space heater stood on a card table along with a stockpot and second-string flatware.
    — James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
  • The card table was set up in a living room that opened on to the garden through a large bay window.
    — Vince Passaro, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • Above a card table, a single lamp casts smoky, jaundiced yellows.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • Present them with candles for the big blow-out, then set them on a card table for people to devour.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Two older men sit on opposite sides of a card table next door and wave hello.
    — Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 5 June 2018
  • Pitch a small tent in the backyard or on your deck, or drape a sheet over a picnic table or card table.
    — Donna Erickson, Twin Cities, 13 June 2019
  • Theo’s attention went to a rickety card table, which held juice and cookies for the end of class.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • With a card table, a few chairs, some cardboard file cabinets, and one client—Nike.
    — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022
  • From card tables and foosball to Ping-Pong and pool, recreation was on full display.
    — Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Ten people sat in folding chairs at a makeshift card table, dining on Ahearn’s stew and homemade bread.
    — Alissa Hessler, Bon Appetit, 1 May 2017
  • The kennel club would face high odds in trying to bring in any other forms of gambling, such as card tables and slot machines.
    — Martin E. Comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • As a child, she wasn’t allowed into the kitchen, where a wood-burning stove spat flames and ash under a wok the size of a card table.
    — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The familiar card tables and tarps, the whispers of Chanel, Chanel — gone.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The jigsaw puzzle occupies the card table in the corner of the living room.
    — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • There’s also a sauna and hot tub on one side and a game room complete with a slate pool table, a stylish bar, and a card table on the other.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • There’s also a sauna and hot tub on one side and a game room complete with a slate pool table, a stylish bar, and a card table on the other.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
  • There’s also a sauna and hot tub on one side and a game room complete with a slate pool table, a stylish bar, and a card table on the other.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • My grandmother spent many hours there, too, mostly reading in a big wicker chair between a card table and a floor lamp.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • Two dozen honey jars sit stacked in a pyramid on a card table, their swirls of rich gold catching the early morning sunlight.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Travis Hicks, 33, spread burned CDs out across two card tables to sell to store customers.
    — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'card table.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: