Sentence examples for been play from inspiring English sources

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been play

verb

To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.

  • They played long and hard.

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"He's been play well lately," Brodeur said.

Most of Da Ponte's life so far had been play; all of Mozart's had been work.

He had been play fighting with his friends and he stood on an IED [improvised explosive device].

It was also only the second time in Tests where there has been play in all four innings on the same day.

It's a struggle, she tells me: It's been "Play it again, Sam" - we've been hearing the same things for the last five years.

He and three other neighborhood kids his age had been "play boxing," as the police report termed it, at the school bus stop, and Jeff had given one of the boys a bloody lip.

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She had only been play-acting.

Slavkov explained he had merely been play-acting for those nice television fellows in order to point out the imperfections in the bidding system.

Cole came in for criticism after that game that he had been play-acting, with David O'Leary claiming his behaviour was "disgraceful".

England's claim to the moral high ground was also undermined by the admission of Westwood that he had been "play-acting" when he stayed on the ground after being felled by Williams.

Namely, that Harry isn't really transgender, and that he's been play-acting for the real Helen, who wants revenge and has contacted a reality TV show to organise the deception.

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