Sentence examples for it plays off from inspiring English sources

Thanks to the subtle honey tones in the toffee, the richness of the chocolate, and the natural lusciousness of the nuts, matzo toffee does not simply mask the matzo, it plays off all its best qualities.

The gag works because it plays off an easy presumption.

"But it plays off recent art, too -- questions of multiculturalism and identity," he added.

It plays off gender segregation and the local practice of burying people on top of one another, with a thick layer of earth in between.

It plays off the popularity of stick-mounted foods, from old-school fried corn dogs to new-school fried chicken gizzards.

"Tina's sensibility has worked wonders when it plays off an existing stodgy institution, like Thelonious Monk playing a Rodgers and Hammerstein standard," Hertzberg says.

It played off Broadway, toured the country for years and, Mr. Richards said, just recently recouped its initial $500,000 investment.

It played off of people's familiarity with the iconic scene, and it was about something contemporary, something that fit into The New Yorker.

I was lucky enough to see one of the first productions of "March of the FALSETTOs" when it played Off Broadway here in New York, and I remember laughing my head off.

The first is Oh, Hello on Broadway, which I had the extreme pleasure of attending when it played Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre last December.

It also plays off the title of the film – "The Sky is Pink" – suggesting the preposterousness of the industry's capacity to give a damn about the facts.