How to Use high roller in a Sentence

high roller

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • With the landscape so distorted by the high rollers and opportunists, many displaced by the Palisades fire don’t even stand a chance on the West Side.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The first vast eight rows of tables closest to the stage are reserved for longtime supporters and high rollers, and Palm Springs has plenty of them.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • And Vegas, with its flow of high rollers, is a major destination for private jets throughout the year.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Feb. 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
  • For the serious high rollers, Etihad also offers whole cabins and suites.
    — Becca Endicott, ELLE Decor, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Williams envisions two- to three-day immersive events where fans, hotel guests, high rollers and families can get in the ring and have fun before the matches.
    — Candace Oehler, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • So, organizers took the collection off-site to the MGM Casino and created a special gallery event for high rollers.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
  • 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

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