How to Use role-play in a Sentence

role-play

verb

• Fans were allowed to board the school bus and role-play life on the road.
  — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• The role-playing game of the same name follows a young hunter called Aloy.
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 31 Mar. 2023
• The game scrubs away a lot of the rules that can make getting into role-playing games a challenge.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The play is a mix of comedy and tragedy set against the world of fantasy role-playing games.
  — Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
• But getting the bot to understand the back-and-forth necessary to role-play combat took a lot of work.
  — Ethan Gilsdorf, WIRED, 27 June 2023
• As this is set in the role-playing world of Dungeons and Dragons, Edgin inevitably needs a team.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• In contrast to role-play videos, this category captures ASMR out in the wild.
  — Eliza Brooke, New York Times, 4 July 2023
• Last week, Baidoo sat across from a fellow student and role-played a mental health counselor meeting a patient for the first time.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• In the first new universe in over 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, this generation role-playing game will have you among the stars.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, makeup can be fun for role-playing dress-up, required for stage performances, and just a form of expression.
  — Rich Scherr, Parents, 9 Jan. 2024
• Children play elaborate make-believe games with their toys and role-playing games with their peers.
  — Andrew Shtulman, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2023
• That campaign will take long hours as this tactical role-playing game has players building a rebel army from scratch.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• But despite a strong reception, the generations of moviegoers who grew up with the role-playing game failed to show up in force.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Dec. 2023
• The three-story home boasts five rooms with three characters from the film — Mirabel, Antonio, and Abuela — for imaginative role-play.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• Based on the popular table-top role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons — or simply D&D — the film’s creators sought to pinpoint the essence of the game itself.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2023
• There were not many dolls on the market that allowed girls to role-play and envision their future beyond motherhood.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Conundrum House also offers a popular board and role-playing game rental service, and a space to play on-site.
  — Angie Diaz, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• The post-nuclear role-playing video game first came out in October 1997 and has spawned multiple sequels and spin-offs since.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Featuring the cast of the popular podcast, this will have the actors and improv artists role-play an original D&D campaign in the Forgotten Realms world.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 May 2023
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves should not have been as good as it was, given the history of fantasy movies or role-playing games.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
• Plus, scoop up Melissa & Doug’s takes on Paw Patrol: a wooden magnetic activity set that’s 36% off and a fun backpack and role-play set for 47% off.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 9 Oct. 2023
• The classic role-playing game gets a splashy blockbuster adaptation in this story of a band of adventurers who set out to retrieve a lost relic.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
• The game’s lavish open world is reminiscent of Elden Ring, the fantasy action role-playing game that took the industry by storm in 2022.
  — Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• Mothers who have confided in Nemer report their kids constantly asking to watch the news or role-playing the war by forming gangs and fighting in schools.
  — TIME, 27 Feb. 2024
• The first Dragon Quest release, a role-playing video game, was released in 1986 and since then there have been sequels and spinoff games, manga, anime and novels within the long-running franchise.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
• Meow Wolf is planning to expand beyond buildings, with a mobile app, graphic novels and a role-playing game.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• After a triumph on the killing grounds, a fighter earns points with which to upgrade weapons or food or lodging, as if the prison commissary had drawn inspiration from a role-playing video game.
  — Giri Nathan, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• The role-playing game adaptation will have to keep drawing audiences to fully justify its price tag.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 1 Apr. 2023
• The novelty of it all and the potential for role-play is enticing, but there’s still something uncanny and wooden about the experience.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
• The companion character is one of 10 in the Dungeons & Dragons-style role-playing video game Baldur’s Gate 3, which debuted to universal praise over the summer.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024