How to Use play down in a Sentence

play down

verb
  • Over the rest of the night, Nix hit some plays down the field.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The Bengals won’t be a fun team to play down the stretch.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The Kings built up a big lead and then made enough plays down the stretch to fend off a comeback by the Hawks.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The Lions have the ball at their own 36-yard line with two minutes to play down three points.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Both made big plays down the stretch, but Portland held on to beat Charlotte, 89-86.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
  • There’s so many plays in the sequencing of that big play down there for the goal line fumble.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Asked by reporters about prospects for a strike that had yet to be declared, Biden tried to play down the risk.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Fastball in there early and let the offspeed play down.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022
  • The Giants had driven 10 plays down to the Bengals’ 36-yard line and were within range of a long field goal.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Guys have been making plays down there, finding ways to get into the end zone.
    Steve Megargee, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Such statements consistently play down the will of the U.S.
    Nadia Schadlow, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Initially Musk played down the report, claiming that Reuters was not telling the truth.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 July 2024
  • Bayern and Kimmich have since tried to play down the incident.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But College Park simply wouldn’t go away as the Cougars had to make plays down the stretch to escape with a victory.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • India’s central bank chief plays down fears of a deposit crunch.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Not playing down to the level of competition and things like that.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • After a Miami punt, the Packers went 12 plays down the field, and Josh Jacobs finished the job.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The ability to make plays from the deep middle as well as to drop down and play down low and be a physical player.
    Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The couple has seemed eager to play down the incident ever since.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Tate said Hutchinson has continued to make plays down the stretch, no matter if is on the gridiron or the hardwood.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Already platforms are taking steps to play down Ren’s views.
    Jane Li, Quartz, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Both systems end up playing down to two bronze medalists.
    NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Thanks to clutch play down the stretch, the Eagles defeated the Mavericks, 54-51, Friday night.
    Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Role Models There was a time, not too long ago, when players tried to play down their motherhood.
    Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • Taken together, some type of tax credit for first-time buyers could be in play down the road.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The Tigers and Cardinals would be playing down the stretch to potentially host first-round games.
    J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • And the Vatican has been playing down any notions of rapid reform.
    Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The Gunners like to play with intensity and funnel a lot of their attacking play down the left side.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • To make matters worse for the Bears (4-4), rookie quarterback Caleb Williams tweaked his ankle on the final play down 20 points.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Republicans have been quick to either brush off or play down Higgins’s comments.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Sep. 2024

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