How to Use high roller in a Sentence

high roller

noun
  • The casino offers special deals to attract high rollers.
  • Then came oil and gas, the glamorous high roller that brought big money and big swings.
    — Reid Rasner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That’s still a very healthy amount, but not the same as a true slot high roller or a blackjack whale.
    — Nick Sortal, miamiherald, 16 Oct. 2017
  • There is no ceiling — but there are special windows for the high rollers.
    — Ayana Archie, NPR, 2 May 2025
  • The guys looked like two high rollers in Vegas who picked up a couple of kids.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Swan, a hospice chaplain, and his wife, a teacher, are no high rollers.
    — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2017
  • That would set a high roller back at least $17,500 per person.
    — Leah Faye Cooper, Vanity Fair, 22 May 2026
  • Chinese high rollers once would have scorned the idea of gambling in the Philippines.
    — Alice Su, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • So, this game type is more advantageous for high rollers who are willing to bet more at once.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Give your tush some cush by upgrading your desk chair to this high roller from Steelcase.
    — Carla Sosenko, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2020
  • First-world problems Sorry, high rollers, your rotors have been clipped.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Soon, Canadian tourists and snowbirds joined the high rollers.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The high rollers in Hollywood wanted one last whiskey before the bar closed.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Previously, this area was reserved for high rollers.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • Big flat-screen TVs flicker from every other yacht – the high rollers are back on their boats.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Chanel’s shop, one of the biggest in the mall, has a VIP lounge for the highest rollers.
    — Fortune, 8 Feb. 2018
  • An f-bomb middle name is hardly the most eloquent way to convey charisma, but that quote isn’t meant for the high rollers.
    — SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • There are other ways to feel like a high roller and avoid the anguish of dipping into your savings for groceries.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Someone who sold himself as a common man but hungered to live — above his means, if necessary — like a high roller.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2018
  • Fellow hardball high rollers the Dodgers and Yankees have already figured that out.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The kind of one-on-one coaching high rollers get at physical tables, in his telling, becomes available to anyone on the site.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • No request is off limits for high rollers, who are often flown in via corporate jets and ushered to the gaming tables.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • For the serious high rollers, Etihad also offers whole cabins and suites.
    — Becca Endicott, ELLE Decor, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Bad news for high rollers in Asia is bad news for Adelson’s business, which dropped 7% Thursday.
    — Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In earnings, high rollers in Macau helped lift Wynn’s fourth-quarter earnings and sales above estimates.
    — Dana Pardini, Bloomberg.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Up in the high roller suite, both Joan and Pascal choose from a variety of glamorous outfits for their night on the town.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And Vegas, with its flow of high rollers, is a major destination for private jets throughout the year.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Seven Stars is the highest level for high rollers, and is by invitation only.
    — Patrick Martin, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2017
  • And don’t forget about those high rollers who sit courtside and are forever getting run over, or sat upon, by a player chasing a loose ball.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Spas and fine dining, though, weren’t enough to lure high rollers, and bread-and-butter visitors were turned off by a smoking ban and the lack of buffet dining.
    — Elise Young, Bloomberg.com, 25 Apr. 2018

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