Sentence examples for explained to play from inspiring English sources

Ms. Shaw used lots of circles, she explained, to play off the grid of the windows.

As Denis repeatedly explained to us, playing by the rules placed him at an unfair disadvantage because he didn't know the rules, and he didn't know how to serve.

His goal, he explained, was to play with excellence but to remain "transparent".

In his native Romania, Michael Mesko was paid under the table, as he explained it, to play club 9-pin bowling.

The high school baseball team, Mr. Pally explained, needs to play on fields with 90-foot base paths, but the regulation Little League fields have only 60 feet between bases.

This sometimes involved enabling others to lead by being responsive as a follower, or as one participant explained, learning to " play an active part, decide your role and nominate a leader" (NI83).

The skit began with Alec Baldwin (playing Trump) explaining to Kate McKinnon (playing his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway) why he went on his "thank you" tour and chose former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as energy secretary.

He explained to journalists that playing for more money in Italy would have meant missing the last half of the Tigers National Basketball Leaguee campaign.

"Trying to explain how to play football is like a male trying to explain how to deliver a baby.

"You're not going to shoot Indians now — but cowboys and aliens, that would be fun to play," Rosenberg explained to me.

Writing in Trump's voice, he explained to the reader, "I play to people's fantasies. . . .