How to Use play with in a Sentence

play with

phrasal verb

• And the film is playing with genre in a really interesting way.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
• The game was played with a surprising level of physicality for a preseason bout.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
• In the end, the points were shared, but the 1-1 scoreline did little to reflect the frenetic intensity the Premier League clash was played with.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
• Despite playing with an adductor strain that has limited his mobility in recent weeks, Rojas attempted the latter.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• And then the two girls are playing with a toy train on the side of that pond.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 10 Jan. 2024
• Tupac chose the wrong game to play and the wrong niggas to play with.
  — Vulture, 3 Oct. 2023
• That’s the role for me in my life that music plays with grief now.
  — Dina Gachman Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 25 May 2024
• Aaron Hunter was shot in the head at 13 while playing with friends.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
• It's meant to be a place to sit, a play spot kids can jump on and building blocks for the kids to play with.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
• The game can be played with anywhere from two to 20 players.
  — Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2024
• Do all the stories play with the conventions of genre in this way?
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• Stafford looks as if he’s been playing with them for years.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Profile: Blaze loves to play with toys and likes to chase a ball around the yard as well as play tug of war.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
• This was played with élan over dissonant swirling in the strings.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• Some staff members return to the ward after work to play with the twins.
  — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Canales is expected to call the plays with the Panthers, too.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
• The Thomases brought along their dog, Petey, who played with the Sokols’ dog, Bodie.
  — Steve Eder, New York Times, 9 July 2023
• What is your human’s worst habit? Doesn’t play with me enough.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
• Finishing the play with style points added: The Schwartz way in a nutshell.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
• Ben also cues up the site to watch his doppel play with his kid.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2024
• As soon as the kids got up my son started playing with it.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
• The surgeon has 20 seconds to play with to be able to save someone's life.
  — Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Girls could run races and grow up to be doctors; boys could play with dolls and grow up to push a stroller.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• Love plays with Ciara and one of her favorite toys, a plushy train.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
• There are plenty of noisy jump scares Many of the frights play with the idea of sound and silence, since the aliens hunt based on noise.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
• The guard dove for loose balls, playing with the fire of an NCAA tournament game.
  — Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2023
• The scenes play with genre cues, but Jones makes the gut-check anxiety real.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• The doll helped to correct decades of Black girls and women not having toys to play with that looked like them.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
• Where to play No matter the trip, play with nature while in Montauk.
  — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
• Last year, the Panthers’ run to the Stanley Cup Final came as the team played with house money.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 June 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024