PLAY in a Sentence

Learn PLAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for PLAY, such as:
1. Nor play by the old green gate.
2. My powers were in play and in force.
3. I'll teach you whether we play Hamlet or not.
4. Taken altogether, this TV play was successful.
5. But I don't want to play, or sing, or say anything.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PLAY
play
 v.  behave in a certain way
 v.  stake on the outcome of an issue
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "Don't let us do any lessons, Beth, for a while, but play all the time and rest, as the girls mean to," proposed Amy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
2  Brooke will go to keep us boys steady, and Kate Vaughn will play propriety for the girls.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
3  But I don't want to play, or sing, or say anything.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
4  I'll teach you whether we play Hamlet or not.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOURTEEN
5  But we'll have another play sometime that he can see.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
6  Well, then Uncle and Aunt were there to play propriety.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
7  He needs a party of jolly boys to play with, or somebody young and lively.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
8  I would play the fairy and dance for you in the moonlight, Torvald.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
9  Sit down and play for me, Torvald dear; criticise me, and correct me as you play.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
10  He called me his doll-child, and he played with me just as I used to play with my dolls.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
11  has made her plans, I dare say, and will play her cards well, early as it is.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
12  We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
13  Nor play by the old green gate.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TEN
14  My powers were in play and in force.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
15  She assured him that no one intended to play, and the silence of the whole party on the subject seemed to justify her.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.
2  On Radio London they play African and South American music as well as rock and pop.
3  I have been an asthmatic from childhood and was never able to play any sports.
4  I trolled along to see Michael Frayn's play, "Noises Off".
5  Please don't play my feelings, also do not ignore my feelings.
6  He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.
7  She is going to play the piano to a big audience this evening.
8  After the play they called for the author to show himself.
9  This play is divided into three acts, and each act has three scenes.
10  They are performing his play / piano concerto tonight.
11  The top teams will play off seven games against each other.
12  The next year he didn't run track or play football.
13  This TV play does not seem to commend itself to me.
14  Taken altogether, this TV play was successful.
15  Stop patronising me - I understand the play as well as you do.