doubles

/ ˈdʌbəlz /

noun

1. functioning as plural
   1. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etc
   2. ( as modifier )

      a doubles player

Example Sentences

Host and guest pop and lock on cardboard—the only proper surface for breakdancing—and in no way did they have dancing doubles.

From The Daily Beast

The title of its final track doubles as a mission statement: “FunkNRoll.”

From The Daily Beast

In Sierre Leone and Liberia, the CDC estimates that the number of cases doubles every 30 days and 24 days, respectively.

From The Daily Beast

And in Copenhagen, BIG Architects are building a new incinerator that also doubles as a wintertime ski slope.

From The Daily Beast

[Laughs] And there were no stunt doubles during that scene, but no one got hurt.

From The Daily Beast

Fat Boy, our clarinetist who doubles on Martian horn-harp, made a feeble attempt at optimism.

From Project Gutenberg

A very attractive finish is to work a row of doubles in color, making a double in each treble.

From Project Gutenberg

As he doubles quickly, however, it is not so easy to catch him when overtaken: still, it can be done.

From Project Gutenberg

She's found out which way her bread was buttered, and means to come the doubles over Jack; but not quite so easy done, my girl.

From Project Gutenberg

The President appoints the 7th to be a day of humiliation and prayer, and Dr. Leyds doubles his bodyguard.

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