How to Use high roller in a Sentence

high roller

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  • The casino offers special deals to attract high rollers.
  • Chanel’s shop, one of the biggest in the mall, has a VIP lounge for the highest rollers.
    — Fortune, 8 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • The guys looked like two high rollers in Vegas who picked up a couple of kids.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Chinese high rollers once would have scorned the idea of gambling in the Philippines.
    — Alice Su, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • Swan, a hospice chaplain, and his wife, a teacher, are no high rollers.
    — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The most noticeable of what's new is the Riptide, a 55-foot-high roller coaster that will loom over the Midway.
    — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • Give your tush some cush by upgrading your desk chair to this high roller from Steelcase.
    — Carla Sosenko, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Price is the latest in a series of high rollers brought low by the stunning collapse of Aequitas in early 2016.
    — oregonlive.com, 26 July 2019
  • 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
  • These days, the base of Fuji teems with a golf course, a safari park and, most jarring of all, a 259-foot-high roller coaster, the Fujiyama.
    — Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian, 29 May 2017
  • First-world problems Sorry, high rollers, your rotors have been clipped.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Fellow hardball high rollers the Dodgers and Yankees have already figured that out.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • In earnings, high rollers in Macau helped lift Wynn’s fourth-quarter earnings and sales above estimates.
    — Dana Pardini, Bloomberg.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • The well-known, rare, and unique can be found at every price point, offering something for the beginner, the speculator, and the high roller.
    — Stacy Perman, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2017
  • But amid the neon cacophony of the casino floor on weekend nights, the 44-year-old Milford man played a different role: high roller.
    — Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • For the serious high rollers, Etihad also offers whole cabins and suites.
    — Becca Endicott, ELLE Decor, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The highest roller in Las Vegas has nothing on Bitcoin’s latest investor.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Through it all my little pastry has soldiered on, neither high roller nor whale, just a regular guy trying to keep its head above water on the Strip.
    — Brett Martin, Bon Appétit, 8 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • Macau, which has relied on high rollers to drive a rebound in business over the past year and a half, has been shifting to attract Chinese tourists and families to the territory.
    — Bloomberg.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • And high rollers have been a big driver in Macau’s recovery this year: VIP revenue was up 35% last quarter, versus 8% for mass-market revenue.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 18 July 2017
  • Tucked behind the massive ballrooms, however, are the Salon Super Privés—closed to only certain guests and high rollers.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2018
  • My Top Sportsbooks also has hundreds of side bets for the casual bettor or the experienced high roller.
    — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Private companies are doing the same, and preparing to take high rollers on suborbital romps.
    — Sarah Scoles, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
  • What ensued was a chain of events that would leave him in de facto exile, spending most of his time in Macau, a Chinese territory famous for its casinos and high rollers.
    — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
  • And a regulatory crackdown targeted the Chinese high rollers who kept gaming companies flush with cash.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023

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