Sentence examples for had played itself from inspiring English sources

The viewer realizes that by 1916, the previous century's fascination with the classics had played itself out.

In late February, Ms. Hanky extended the riff to include "having a little Hanky-Panke," at which point Mr. Panke felt the joke had played itself out.

But by the time it had played itself out, much of the developing world had been devastated, as currencies were undermined and credit dried up.

Perhaps the most common feeling expressed was a sense of relief that Mr. Rowland's self-destruction had played itself out, and that one of the darkest chapters in Connecticut political history had come to a close.

Yet when the two men sat down to flip through a photo album of Ndesandjo's life in Kenya, Obama was unnerved: "They were happy scenes, all of them, and all strangely familiar, as if I were glimpsing some alternative universe that had played itself out behind my back".

But by the time the farce had played itself out the defence minister had quit, the head of a commission on victims of the dictatorship had resigned and a dormant debate about Brazil's handling of its authoritarian past had reawakened.Brazil's military regime, which governed from 1964 to 1985, was relatively mild and the country had apparently recovered fully.

Two years later, neither scenario has played itself out.

In the N.F.L. and the N.B.A., the noble ideal of solidarity has played itself out.

But he says that would be after "the UN process has played itself out".

By then, this nasty business with the Knicks will surely have played itself out.

As for this weekend, Wilkinson has also admitted that the club has played itself out of playoff contention.