(n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.
Example Sentences:
(1) After a weekend of playing bagatelle, dining and watching films of Tsarist Russia, Butler found a moment alone with him.
(2) She celebrated her 21st birthday at the 400 Club, and was such a regular at the Bagatelle, a French restaurant with a dance floor, that the band used to play a spec ial tune the moment she arrived.
(3) While there are nearly no differences between physicians concerning the judgement of disablement in cases of grave ophthalmological clinical pictures, there exist greater differences in the judgement of so-called "bagatelle"-injuries and -diseases, which demand a temporary unilateral eye-dressing.
(4) Mark Moorhead Tropical architectural guru Facebook Twitter Pinterest Geoffrey Bawa’s house on Bagatelle Road, Colombo.
(5) A splendid way to learn about the man, his work and his art collection is to visit his house just off Bagatelle Road in Colombo.
(6) But that is mere bagatelle compared with the defiance of the energy privateers.
Cakewalk
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Cameroon’s early endeavour ensured this would be no cakewalk however.
(2) That combination had earned them the lead, the England striker’s first Liverpool goal converted slickly to suggest a cakewalk ahead.
(3) Finally, Walker's cakewalk indicates how energized the right is.
(4) "Governor Romney kept on making mistakes month after month so it made it look artificially like this was, might end up being a cakewalk," Obama said.
(5) They will be looking for Shaw to provide growth and although she admits it will not be a "cakewalk", she is comfortable with the challenge.
(6) To fully decommission Fukushima Daiichi might take 40 years and no one expects a cakewalk.
(7) It's this "hex factor'" as Linder puts it, that lends recent marathon gallery performances such as "The Darktown Cakewalk" and "Your Actions Are My Dreams" their dandy-occultist allure: Linder channelling mediums and beauty queens, ragtime performers and figures from magical English legend.
(8) Choose your cliche to describe what this election should be: cakewalk, turkey-shoot, breeze.
(9) It has been a cakewalk for the most part and it must have been slightly startling for Hodgson that Switzerland , their only opponent of real note, often passed the ball with greater distinction.
(10) The occupation was going to be a cakewalk, and British troops were supposed to be past masters at counter-insurgency.
(11) Adding more layers on top within the two-year timeframe allowed for Britain’s departure could prove far from a cakewalk.