How to Use play at in a Sentence
play at
phrasal verb-
South plays at six hearts again, and West leads the queen of clubs.
— Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024 -
The losers will play at 3 p.m. Friday in a third-place game.
— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024 -
How did that feel to be playing at the same time as her?
— Spin Contributor, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2024 -
Lacrosse — which hasn’t been played at an Olympics since 1908 — was one of them.
— Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024 -
Yes, that’s the same number of shows that the mighty Taylor Swift played at the venue in 2023.
— Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024 -
The special is not available if the Packers play at the same time as the Jets.
— Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024 -
When Alice played at four spades, West, the Hatter, led the king of hearts.
— Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024 -
Guests, drunk on liquor and a good time, buzz around her as a young girl plays at her feet.
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Those games will be played at the Frost Bank Center, current home of the Spurs.
— Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The Lions play at the Vikings (noon, Fox-32) in one of Sunday’s marquee games.
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024 -
The Orioles were already scheduled to play at home the same date.
— Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023 -
The band has played at Louder Than Life once before in 2016.
— Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 2024 -
All five Warriors starters played at least 40, as well.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024 -
The surprise of the match was how aggressively Medvedev played at the start.
— Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024 -
To me, the plays at first base are more difficult to practice.
— Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2024 -
So this is the life, the saying goes, young Peyton Miller has chosen, to play at 16 in a grown man’s league.
— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024 -
Going out there, playing at a high level on both ends of the floor.
— Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024 -
The movie played at the Berlin Film Festival, and a few reviews trickled in.
— Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024 -
In today’s deal, South would have done better to let North play at 3NT.
— Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024 -
That's true even for those who aren't playing at the highest level.
— Pandora Dewan, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024 -
Paredes stepped up with a crucial play at the back in the 66th minute, stomping his foot in Gignac’s space to win a ball and push it away.
— oregonlive, 26 July 2023 -
Noah Kahan is chiming in on the debate over which one of his songs is the best to play at weddings.
— Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023 -
Menlo School’s boys and girls teams will also play at home, as will the Christopher boys.
— Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The night also marked the final time the Sockers played at Pechanga Arena, their home for the last 11 seasons.
— Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024 -
The teams will play at 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
— Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024 -
The call stood after the play at the plate was reviewed following a UM challenge.
— Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024 -
Stop by: The game will be played at 10:30am Saturday at Truist Park.
— Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Girma will be the first Ethiopian American to play at a World Cup.
— Sean Gregory, Time, 13 July 2023 -
Palacios connected with right fielder Megan Grant for a play at the plate to end the inning.
— Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024 -
The music played at these places is full of hits, from Vietnamese pop to Taylor Swift's latest.
— Nguyên Lê, Chron, 21 Apr. 2023
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