Sentence examples similar to clever play for from inspiring English sources

The Animals' House of the Rising Sun would have made for a clever play on words if not for its unfortunate allusion to a tragedy in New Orleans; brother George W is still contending with hurricane Katrina in constructing his legacy.

Micky Young with a clever play as Leicester are pulled for offside.

This peculiar name was a supposedly clever play on beton brut, French for raw concrete, which in the hands of an artist-architect like Le Corbusier, and especially under a Mediterranean sun, could be a strikingly beautiful building material.

I think that that's a little bit tired at this point, maybe due for another clever play off of that.

Harrison's vibrant art and clever (but not too clever) play on words makes Bernice the perfect companion for any mood.

They picked abc.xyz — a clever play on letters.

Or a clever play on words.

Perhaps 14 Ne2 should have created a winning advantage, too, but it gave Kasimdzhanov a chance for clever play.

"We weren't quite ready for their sharp, quick, clever play.

Xu Bing, long known for his elegant, clever plays on Chinese calligraphy, had a tiny gold-hued metal cage with a mechanized bird inside.

Had declarer made a clever play?