Sentence examples for has played up from inspiring English sources

Mr. Joko has played up his outsider status.

But with the election approaching, Mr Kennedy has played up differences with Labour too.

He has played up the (apparently non-existent) link between Iraq, al-Qaeda and the September 11th terrorist attacks.

But the debate over intervention to date has played up the benefits of piecemeal options while understating their dangers.

It's a good piece of marketing spin that the artist himself has played up by keeping quiet.

On the campaign trail in Texas recently, Mrs. Clinton has played up her long-ago ties to the state.

"He can play wide on both sides, he's got good pace and has played up front at times.

Amid the economic downturn HGTV has played up a marketing campaign that says, "Life's biggest moments start at home".

Mr Bernanke may be coming round: he has played up the fact that the bail-out programme can also be used to inject capital.

And in Australia a notionally leftist leader, Kevin Rudd, has played up his credentials as a social conservative.But none of this quite explains what has happened in America.

Swift has played up to her reputation of being a serial dater, singing "got a long list of ex-lovers" in her 2014 single "Blank Space".