How to Use domino in a Sentence
domino
noun
- Dominoes is one of my favorite games.
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That was the first domino to fall for the Tigers last week.
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Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com,
al,
31 July 2023
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That will be the first big domino to fall in the AFC North race.
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Tim Bielik,
cleveland,
11 Oct. 2021
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And when the kids start talking, the dominoes start to fall.
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Aja Romano,
Vox,
17 June 2019
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Sandy Hook seemed to him just the first domino in a long line of them.
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Amanda J. Crawford,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 Aug. 2022
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But this isn't the finger that knocks over the first domino.
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John Voelcker,
Car and Driver,
25 Nov. 2020
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In the park across the street, men played dominoes from morning to night.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
2 July 2019
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Drury, who just came back this week, was the last of those dominoes to fall.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Orange County Register,
20 June 2024
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But for the sports world, that contest is just the first domino.
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Jacob Feldman,
SI.com,
12 July 2018
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Stanley was the first domino to fall in this chain of events.
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Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
28 Oct. 2021
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And with that, the first dominoes began to fall in the new bowl cycle.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2019
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The first domino fell when Ford signed a deal with Tesla in May of 2023.
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Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik,
Quartz,
10 Aug. 2024
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Stop to play dominoes at the park and look over the rooster sculptures.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
25 July 2024
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The domino games are legendary in the crew, chances to test our minds and our mouthpieces.
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New York Times,
23 Sep. 2021
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The Hawks traded Brandon Hagel, the first domino to fall in the rebuild.
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Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Sep. 2022
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Much like what happened in March, the sports world came to a halt once the NBA became the first domino to fall.
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Destine Gibson,
Dallas News,
29 Aug. 2020
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That cover-up cost the world precious time, and knocked over the first domino.
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Mitch Albom,
Detroit Free Press,
22 Mar. 2020
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That is the next domino to fall and women in that state will now have to go elsewhere.
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ABC News,
8 May 2022
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There may be a lot of things Donald Glover loves, but dominoes aren't one of them.
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Nerisha Penrose,
Billboard,
2 May 2018
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The proposals have come like dominoes over the past two months.
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Scott Dance,
baltimoresun.com,
4 May 2018
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Long story short: Don't expect the Brewers to be one of the next dominoes to fall.
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Jr Radcliffe,
Journal Sentinel,
19 July 2023
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Janet Rucks, 66, was on the dock playing dominoes with her fiance when the storm hit.
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Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 May 2024
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And there's the dominoes that are now falling one after the other.
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Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2024
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The works resemble domino tiles, a game Roland played while in jail.
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Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2023
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Anybody who knows anything about City Hall and the feds, and the way dominoes fall along the Chicago Way, knew it.
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John Kass,
chicagotribune.com,
20 June 2019
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And then after that the Pro Football Hall of Fame can follow as the next domino that falls.
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José M. Romero,
The Arizona Republic,
4 Dec. 2022
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The next domino to drop, however, could be Al Michaels.
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cleveland,
16 Mar. 2022
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Other dominoes need to fall around the league at the position.
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Shelby Dermer,
The Enquirer,
8 Sep. 2023
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The artist set up patterns, spirals, letters and even a domino recreation of the Mona Lisa.
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Julia Binswanger,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Our home is alive with cousins and friends, spontaneous talent shows, and the clatter of dominoes.
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Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
10 Sep. 2024
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