Sentence examples for opposed playing from inspiring English sources

Already vulnerable because of limited pitching options — including uncertainty surrounding Chris Young's sore shoulder — and still staggering from a doubleheader sweep at Citi Field on Thursday, the Mets vehemently opposed playing a doubleheader Saturday.

Atrash opposed the break-up of the union after a secessionist coup in September 1961, and opposed playing a political role in the anti-unionist governments that succeeded the UAR; Prime Minister Bashir al-Azma (term in 1962) offered him a cabinet post, but he turned down the offer, citing his ideological opposition to a secessionist government.

The UEFA president, Michel Platini, opposes playing the World Cup in the expected 100-degree heat of June or July, and on Saturday he called again for the finals to be switched to the winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

Because backgammon is also a game of chance due to unpredictable die rolls and opposing plays, you will need to be flexible and willing to change how you play in order to win.

The way the ball's spinning, and people are a little bit uncertain on plays as opposed to playing on grass".

Similar correlations held true of those who had played with bands, as opposed to playing only as soloists.

Why wouldn't Barcelona want to play Rangers home and away as opposed to playing Getafe.

As opposed to playing his sister-in-law, I was playing his love interest; we both got a good laugh out of it.

Creating a monologue, as opposed to playing a character in a regular play, Ms. Redgrave said, involved a whole different relationship with the fourth wall.

Playing on the grass at Davidson Field also helped, as opposed to playing on the artificial turf at Huntington Beach, where the Sailors lost, 3-1, Oct. 24.

Cano credits some of his early-season success to having played in the World Baseball Classic, which immediately thrust him into competitive games as opposed to playing in exhibitions.