Sentence examples for is play for from inspiring English sources

Frost got it right in "Two Tramps in Mud Time": poetry is "play for mortal stakes".

When I retire, the first thing I'm going to do is play for a pub team on a Sunday.

Rather, to quote a Robert Frost poem, James is a man whose work is play for mortal stakes.

Aides to House leaders said Mr. Rangel's team was "trying to do is play for time and drag it out," as one aide said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the proceedings are supposed to be confidential.

"But what Jeff emphasizes and what we try to do more consistently is play for the whole time, whether it goes down to the last 3 seconds or to 16 seconds.

For the Giants, it is not so much what Wright cannot do, it is what he has not done, which is play for any extended time in the N.F.L.

He is playing for time".

Every team is playing for something".

Taurasi is playing for Fenerbahce in Turkey.

Samaras is playing for his career.

Pärt is playing for higher stakes.