How To Use Snooker In A Sentence

Young people want to play snooker and want to see it played on the biggest stage. The Sun
Sometime snooker world champion, perpetually in the tabloids for his substance-assisted high jinks, he's the quintessence of Essex wide-boy.
He said: ‘We have had bricks, snooker balls, missiles shot by catapults and all sorts.’
He is unfortunate to snooker himself in the pack after potting a long red.
The original game of bagatelle was and is a pub game of skill that is closely related to the games of Billiards, Pool and Snooker.

When Hawkins missed a difficult green the colour finished hanging over a corner pocket and Parrott was left in a full ball snooker.
You know what I mean, those blue cubes that you use to chalk up your cue when you're playing snooker or pool in an attempt to make it look like you know what you're doing.
For the last three years of my school life I played snooker and turned professional at the age of 16.
Inside were wonderfully carved, handsome pieces like six-legged snooker tables and eight-legged billiard tables.
Hunter put Stevens in a snooker on the yellow, and the Welshman attempted a daring escape through the narrowest of gaps.
Sportsmen and women took part in a total of 10 sports which ranged from archery to snooker and rifle shooting to swimming.
Heat-jaded Sahibs and Memsahibs came here to escape the coast's hottest months, they invented snooker at the pukka Ooty Club and came to gossip at Charing Cross - locations were named by the British.
Peter James-Robinson also enjoyed a treble success, winning gold in the snooker and silver medals in the slalom and bowls.
We hope to see all our regulars and maybe some people who have always wanted to have a go at playing snooker but never tried.
Now why cannot we have restaurants or bars with billiard rooms, dartboards, whirlpool and snooker tables?
They got that briefing yesterday and moved fast to avoid being snookered by the Government, proposing and today supporting legislation to ban the two organisations.
Over the years Scotland has got too blasé about its snooker players. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike, say, a tennis racket or cricket bat, a snooker cue is thought irreplaceable by its owner.
Billy had been snookered by them a couple of times.
The old image of snooker is of seedy, smoky, dimly-lit halls filled with sallow-complexioned men, pint in one hand, cigarette in the other as they wait their turn at the table.
None of them will be encouraged to abandon school early to spend their formative years in shadowy snooker halls.
We were told the building was sold for £90,000 and will open as a gym and snooker hall.
Snooker is a bit of a niche market when it comes to console gaming.
Free use of snooker for 1 hour weekly ( Advanced reservation required ).
A committee meeting will be held on Thursday night, names are being taken for the first tournament of the year, billiards and snooker, so we hope for a big response.
There what I found was many ladies tend to take part in pool and they also compete in international tournaments even when it comes to billiards and snooker.
The government has snookered itself with austerity measures that leave very little political capital to win the next election.
Snooker clubs and video game arcades have also been banned. Times, Sunday Times
California has snookered itself, thinking it's defeated politics as usual.
The snooker legend has been tad unlucky this series. The Sun
In 1996, the Scotsman simply steamrollered him, before Ebdon, who abandoned academia to serve his apprenticeship at Kings Cross Snooker Club, finally took on the mantle of the master.
An appropriate metaphor might be a game of billiards or snooker, events in the three kingdoms so many balls bouncing off one another and occasionally falling into pockets.
It got worse when, attempting to summon a waiter for more wine, I mistakenly outbid everyone in the raffle for a snooker cue signed by innumerable world champions.
If the council refuses our planning application, we're snookered.
But Manchester snooker fans have one last chance to see the ‘Rocket’ in action before his self-imposed exile from the green baize.
He clearly has the brain, the skills and the uncompromising attitude to hair gel that is obligatory for the upcoming snooker prodigy. Times, Sunday Times
I have the photograph to this day in the snooker room at home. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori
Prizes for winners and runners-up are new snooker cues.
The top of the snooker table - always exciting, soft velvet and can be risky. Ideal for raunchy , daring sex.
If you play a couple of games of snooker and then go play ‘normal’ billiards, you'll play like a pro (for a little while).
A lounge, function room, self-contained snooker room, office and a committee room doubling up as a television lounge are all on offer at the new club.
I wouldn't refer to myself as a snooker fan as such, but the game does fascinate me.
Of course, you could try to snooker a bummed owner into trading one of them to you - that, we encourage.
The O'Brien Hall is now open every night of the week except Sunday night for pool, billiards, snooker, and cards.
He invites friends over for a game of snooker. Times, Sunday Times
Arming himself with a snooker cue he knocked on Mr Murphy's door, headbutted him and began an attack lasting more than five minutes.
They also have a Dubai Desert Tennis, Snooker, Cricket, Soccer and even Table Tennis Classic.
The balls are 61.5mm in diameter, much larger than in snooker or billiards.
The hall will open nightly at 7.30 pm and will remain open until 11 pm for billiards, snooker, pool and cards.
Wood gained four points from a snooker on the last red which left him ideally positioned for a clearance.
Play table tennis, snooker or football. The Sun
But, it is his approach on the table - be it snooker or billiards - that makes him stand out.
Watkinson took green but left an easy brown while attempting a snooker, for Ventress to go further ahead 57-29.
I return to the table a few shots later to learn I need six snookers.
It's the same for anything that involves a snooker cue or a dart board. The Sun
But in the stillness of golf and snooker, foul play is clear and unambiguous. Times, Sunday Times
I don't want to repeat my rather uncheerful comment on Yelli's blog from the other day Sorry, Y! but suffice to say I'm an exile of love, to use Snooker's words. Distance doesn't really make the heart grow fonder
It has left him hobbling around the snooker table. The Sun
It has been described as snooker's equivalent of Twenty20. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Power Snooker introduces traditional format to the pottier side of sport Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
‘I was Merlin the Magician of the green baize,’ he added, referring to his years on top of the snooker world.
He invites friends over for a game of snooker. Times, Sunday Times
Williams outrageously fluked the green in the last frame of the session, but only won it after trapping O'Brien in a snooker on the pink behind the black.
He had predicted with uncanny accuracy the result of a snooker championship.
I was pretty apprehensive prior to the ride, as I was aware that it was pretty early in the season and my attempts to get a solid training ride or two into my legs had been snookered by various mechanicals and the consequences thereof.
They just can't avoid being manipulated, tricked, conned, used, snookered, bamboozled, hoodwinked, rum amok and conned by men.
But in the stillness of golf and snooker, foul play is clear and unambiguous. Times, Sunday Times
Cancer-ravaged Alex Higgins - dubbed snooker's 'People's Champion' - was found dead and alone in bed at his humble flat yesterday. Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
Clarkie sank a ball and snookered Dave but this just made him play with more determination.
Lovers of the game feel that billiards and snooker will die a slow death in India as long as the games remain unknown to the common man.
I want my snooker to do the talking. The Sun
Petty fisticuffs aside, the idea of a battle of the sexes in the snooker arena would add an extra dimension.
Coulson potted green and added the brown by playing across the table when snookered and the brown was over a middle pocket.
The Americans were snookered by their own arrogant assumption that they were dealing with an enemy who could only copy, badly, the wartime devices of the day.
The real fascination in snooker is watching one of the top players pot and position themselves, time and again. Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Casual semantics
Regulars at the Pattern Store Bar in Penzance Drive, Swindon are chalking their cues ready for the visit of the former World Champion snooker player on Wednesday, February 26.
Apparently you are being snookered into making offers.
It is hard to imagine the methodical Griffiths as a young tyro, but the coiffured cue-master was one of the hottest talents on the snooker circuit and looked poised to dominate the game for years to come.
The whole of snooker had turned out to pay tribute. The Sun
He went out a couple of times a week with his friend to play snooker and I had to get all the housework and ironing done while he was out.
He had previously played football with Sutton United and liked to watch snooker as well.
Schools clothing grant giro, my medical card, fishing rods, my son's snooker cue all stolen.
But the initiative was handed back to him after Dott snookered himself on the brown after potting the green and he was able to nick the frame.
He's an excellent snooker player, but he's never won a major trophy.
It is where the former snooker superstar, cocaine addict, failed car salesman and landscape gardener, now whiles away his hours.
Maybe snooker could learn a few things from this; shortening the game and bringing in some glitz and glamour. Times, Sunday Times
He would have expected to receive short shrift if he had done anything like that in a snooker hall. Times, Sunday Times
Table fees will be £5 an hour for snooker and £1 a game for American pool.
The English are also very fond of games, including snooker (a billiards game) and darts.
He would have expected to receive short shrift if he had done anything like that in a snooker hall. Times, Sunday Times
Normally, I'm sympathetic to investors who get snookered by the volatility and outright lies that drive so many small-cap stocks.
Read his concurrence before suggesting he was snookered, sold-out, or whatever else you want to read into his vote.
He took up snooker and eight ball pool, becoming good at both.
The US was snookered by these expatriates, all right.
As a result, it is very hard to get away with cheating in golf or snooker. Times, Sunday Times
Snooker clubs and video game arcades have also been banned. Times, Sunday Times
Quiet and well-mannered in the way he presents himself in public, he is at the age of only 25 one of snooker's elite band of millionaires.
Come to my place for a game of snooker. Times, Sunday Times
It's the same for anything that involves a snooker cue or a dart board. The Sun
This trophy, made of Waterford Crystal and in the shape of a snooker frame triangle, is a new one because the previous cup was sponsored by a tobacco company and their link with sport ended two seasons ago.
Farmers are also realizing governments and industry have snookered them.
Roy sank 3 more and snookered Dave but he played a bank shot potting his ball in the centre!
Despite accidentally sinking the white ball and then being craftily snookered by Mac, he played his way out of most problems including a spectacular bank-shot sinking his red stripe into a centre pocket.
My father taught me to play snooker. Times, Sunday Times
Parents can rest assured that their children are safe when they are in the snooker hall.
They began going through the motions of playing snooker, putting the balls in the frame, going off, potting the colours, snookering each other and marking the scores.
It is a scenario where politicians couldn't even promise results as labour law snookered workers dogged by bad, bad luck after a life-time commitment to an industry that simply moved from Athy.
On site are all-weather tennis courts, football pitches, a cricket pitch, volleyball courts, a sports hall, gymnasium and snooker room.
Hunter fought back from being 58-39 behind to win 63-58 with the aid of a superb snooker on the pink.
He had previously played football with Sutton United and liked to watch snooker as well.
For example, the physicists snookered by magicians (e.g. Uri Gellar) into believing in psychokinesis. Building a Better Idiot, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
It's the same for anything that involves a snooker cue or a dart board. The Sun
I find snooker riveting though I don't play myself.
Objects, including a snooker cue, and a dumb-bell were thrown from a window, and the pistol was pointed at officers.
Men are not allowed to compete in the women's 100 metres or women in the world snooker or darts championships. Times, Sunday Times
Bagatelle was played on large slate-bed tables of a similar size to Snooker or Billiards tables.
Wood gained four points from a snooker on the last red which left him ideally positioned for a clearance.
But then he’s also tell you that snooker is all about tidying up. Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Casual semantics
Equally, rather than widen pockets and make it easier for players to shoot consistently higher breaks, snooker's governing body have actually done the opposite.
They stock every conceivable type of ball, as well as darts, boxing gloves, punchbags, headguards, snooker cues, goggles, running spikes and karate suits.
Over the years Scotland has got too blasé about its snooker players. Times, Sunday Times
It has left him hobbling around the snooker table. The Sun
I meet up with former work colleagues on Thursday afternoons, in winter for snooker in South Bank, in summer for bowls in Rowntree Park.
Monson Road members can play pool, snooker, darts, bar billiards, and enjoy live entertainment including karaoke and discos.
Ironically, even the author of the famed phrase ‘irrational exuberance’ was snookered into believing that the old laws of economics had somehow been repealed.
He led 53-8 with two reds left in the 16th frame but snookered himself on the second last red.
It has left him hobbling around the snooker table. The Sun
He would have expected to receive short shrift if he had done anything like that in a snooker hall. Times, Sunday Times
She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.
More than 680 frames of top-flight snooker were played in 47 matches over 12 days in York last year.
The attackers, 20-30, in number mercilessly descended upon him, armed with snooker cues and bats, beating him to the ground while unconscious.
Here, in the coming days, the Americans are in danger of being seriously snookered.
Other items include a snooker cue signed by top stars, an England under 21s signed match ball and Bath rugby shirts and balls signed by players.
Any plans I'd had for the weekend were by now well and truly snookered.
Hunter led by four points when he found himself snookered on the last red.
A good snooker player takes time deciding which shot to play.
He does enough of that when he is playing snooker. Times, Sunday Times
The evening consisted of three challenges, indoor bowling, darts and snooker.
I love a game of golf or snooker. The Sun
Any plans I'd had for the weekend were by now well and truly snookered.
The four golds that India garnered from outside the athletics events came from kabaddi, tennis, snooker and golf.
To go out in my first match in snooker's second biggest tournament is very hard to accept.
Members had a May sports meeting with indoor bowls, darts, snooker and cards.
Electrons and atoms are not like tiny snooker balls bouncing around in accordance with Newton's laws.
And the result proves the adage that being good at snooker is a sign of a youth spent in smoky halls. The Sun
My father taught me to play snooker. Times, Sunday Times
Objects, including a snooker cue, and a dumb-bell were thrown from a window, and the pistol was pointed at officers.
I got a snooker cue made for him with his name on to say congratulations on his retirement. The Sun
Forthcoming events include table football, tennis and snooker tournaments with a big event being planned for the near future.
He’s close to being right too, except that the magic in snooker is all to do with the magic of the rolling ball. Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Casual semantics
It has a pool and a vast music room, soon to become a snooker room and bar. Times, Sunday Times
O'Sullivan was 15 when he first made the snooker world sit up - he became the youngest player to compile a recognised maximum break during the English Amateur Championships.
Steve Davis, presumably incapable of operating at a table without round multi-coloured objects on it, enjoys his dinner (as much as he can enjoy it, finding himself snookered on the chicken tikka masala by the lamb saag and prawn dopiaza, with the angle covered by the vegetable balti and pilau rice) Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
The tournaments in billiards and snooker will soon be commencing so members should come in and get in some practice.
He was the one who first spotted his young son's snooker potential and took him round the country to play in pro-am tournaments.
He's an excellent snooker player, but he's never won a major trophy.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is thrilled with the prospect of playing a new revolutionary 30-minute snooker competition format set for October at London's O2 arena.
Patrick Wallace, an accountancy graduate from Dungannon, and Marcus Campbell both booked their debuts on snooker's most famous stage.
Once again, I'd been snookered by the Literacy Lady.
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This season the World Snooker Association bowed to calls from players to do away with the rule insisting they wear bow ties, white shirts and waistcoats.
The snooker tables have been re-covered and are available for use by adult members of the club.
Except that people gave him loads of money to play snooker. Times, Sunday Times
The interactive TV service will consist of a looped series of images and sounds, including clips of snooker balls rolling across the green baize, frisbees flying through the air, cat toys and cartoon characters such as Top Cat.
It has left him hobbling around the snooker table. The Sun
Pastimes include listening to his vast record collection, cooking, photography and snooker.
In the snooker handicap final it was another case of youth versus experience.
Normally, I'm sympathetic to investors who get snookered by the volatility and outright lies that drive so many small-cap stocks.
A group of teenagers have taken it upon themselves to cue a new snooker hall for the people of the town.
Except that people gave him loads of money to play snooker. Times, Sunday Times
He may not play top-class snooker again, but the comeback from cancer is his biggest triumph of all.
He does enough of that when he is playing snooker. Times, Sunday Times
It may seem obvious, but the most essential skill a good snooker player can have is to be able to hit the cue ball dead centre .
First it was indoor swimming pools, then came indoor tennis, of course the huge influx of indoor sports like snooker, billiards, table tennis became hot favourites.
I am always struck by the way that snooker is one of the very few ways in which a genuine neurotic can become a working-class hero. Times, Sunday Times
All snooker, billiard and pool tournaments will shortly be commencing and only fully paid-up members will be eligible to compete.
However, the hall will remain open on Thursday nights and Saturday nights during the summer for anyone who wants a game of pool, snooker or billiards.
The whole of snooker had turned out to pay tribute. The Sun
The sub-plot featured snooker and it wasn't to everyone's taste. Times, Sunday Times
Come to my place for a game of snooker. Times, Sunday Times
It has a pool and a vast music room, soon to become a snooker room and bar. Times, Sunday Times
Sure, show the kids that the parents don't mean what they say and can be snookered into taking back a punishment.
It clashes with their precious World Snooker championships. The Sun
And there are full-size snooker tables and table tennis. The Sun
I couldn't possibly have done a worse job than the people who try to make golf and snooker (including pool and billiards) sound exciting.
Was the press snookered by all this official reassurance, and maybe is just now waking up to reality?
The long list of activities includes boxing training, snooker and computer games.
Instead it has been early nights and a few frames of snooker down the local pool hall. The Sun
As a result, it is very hard to get away with cheating in golf or snooker. Times, Sunday Times
Former world champion Steve Davis chalks his cue as the UK Snooker Championships got under way today at York's Barbican Centre.
I used to drink with a neighbour and we often talked about playing snooker.
I got a snooker cue made for him with his name on to say congratulations on his retirement. The Sun
The other game played in this room is snooker, on a full-size table that sits comfortably in the middle of the room. Times, Sunday Times
They may only have a window sill or balcony, or a lawn the size of a snooker table at best. Times, Sunday Times
If the council refuses our planning application, we're snookered.
Fish in the lake or play a game of snooker in the games room. Times, Sunday Times
Snooker World series back on the calendar.
Also banned from cabins is sporting equipment such as cricket bats, tennis racquets, golf clubs and snooker cues.
One of the most famous names in snooker will be giving a new club in York a big boost later this month.
Closer in, guns fired grapeshot - bunches of shot about the size of snooker balls - and then case-shot - a tin container filled with musket balls.

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