Sentence examples for pass the parcel from inspiring English sources

Secretary of State Whittingdale would like to pass the parcel to Ofcom.

At the moment they don't, because all the competing companies play pass the parcel.

"While agencies play pass the parcel of responsibility, young girls are being mutilated every hour of every day.

They pass the parcel at the coronation, and they row the boat with the pearl-diving slaves.

Once sprogs would sit in a circle, play pass the parcel and leave (after saying thank you) with a squashed piece of sponge cake in a napkin.

Which leads to a second question: who is looking out for the policyholders while the City plays pass the parcel with their policies?

Amazingly, he doesn't seem to believe that his own industry's game, memorably characterised by Sarkozy as "pass the parcel where everyone who passes the parcel makes a profit", will be viewed with the same disdain.

Two can play at pass-the-parcel.

It's a game of morality pass-the-parcel.

Once a rarity, these "pass-the-parcel" deals have become common.

That puts even more pressure on the losers in this game of deflationary pass-the-parcel.