Sentence examples for described playful from inspiring English sources

Mr. Holmes, the friend, described playful scenes at his home when Mr. Muhammad visited with his three children by his former wife, Mildred.

"In the officially sanctioned programmes of the international festivals, 'tactical media' describes playful or satirical incursions into everyday consumer reality: the digital graffiti of the neoliberal city, the info-poetics of the postmodern multitudes.

His painting has been described as playful and colorful, expressing the joy in life.

In a passionate but humourous speech he described as playful but deadly serious, Iannucci made it clear that when it came to bias the press had more to answer than the BBC.

Călinescu described as "playful realism" the method through which Creangă outlined the mannerisms of several other characters, in particular the allegorical creatures who provide the youngest prince with additional and serendipitous assistance.

And, although there is plenty written about trolling and online bullying, 4Chan is often described in playful terms in (a perhaps fearful) popular media as "anarchic and influential" or "iconoclastic".

The writer describes the playful bantering between her excited aunt and her unenthusiastic uncle.

*** Leve's mother opens her door with a smile I'd describe as playful.

In "The Dolphin in the Mirror," Reiss describes these playful cetaceans as "minds in the water".

Fun is not quite the right word to describe these playful, zany images, for they are also pensive, the product of trial and error, the artist concocting challenging and dynamic compositions with bits of painted wood or canvas.

Which of these faces might you describe as playful and which might you describe as rugged?