Sentence examples for a toying from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a toying" is not correct in standard written English.
The word "toying" is typically used as a verb, and it does not require an article like "a" before it.
Example: "He was toying with the idea of moving to a new city."
Alternatives: "a plaything" or "a toy".

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The toying with death is really a toying with nothing like death.

Glass always marveled at the complacency with which his father-in-law delivered these solemn addresses; he wondered if it was all a tease, a toying with the tolerance of those around him, a test to see if there was a limit to what he could get away with.

He added: "What this revival establishes with matchless force is the controlling dominance of the husband Robert, played with a toying sadism by the excellent Ben Miles, whose leather jacket, dark sideburns and air of the mannered, intellectual bruiser keep putting you in mind of Pinter himself".

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A toy?

"As a toy".

"It was just a toy.

Thus was born a toy.

A toy brand.

A toy musical pig.

Not a toy one.

It was a toy".

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