Oh, the mind did play odd tricks when you wanted to avoid thinking about something.

Time and geology could play some odd tricks with a world; but this was not one of them.

In this variant, all the hands are played out, but the minimum allowed final contract is five odd tricks.

Some odd trick of the wind made it blow her hair away from her glowing face.

Some odd trick of the light made it beam down on her in a single perfect diagonal shaft.

Nothing could prevent his making the odd trick even against king third.

And, of course, the memory plays some odd tricks on all of us.

Imagination was a strange thing, which played odd tricks upon an overwrought mind.

That was the odd trick of eighteen, Nancy remembered.

"I had four more clubs to play; we only wanted the odd trick to win the rubber," said Rupert.