Sentence examples for play doomed from inspiring English sources
Welcome to Belgrade, the hometown of Biljana Srbljanovic (pronounced bill-YAN-ah serb-LYAN-oh-vitch), Serbia's leading young playwright, who, at 29, sometimes feels trapped in her own never-ending play, doomed to repeat until the actors triumph over the repressive regime or self-combust trying.
Rugged and sensitive, he could play doomed gangsters, as he did in his stunning debut, "The Killers" (1946); action heroes, as in "The Crimson Pirate" (1952); stalwart soldiers, as in "From Here to Eternity" (1953); charismatic Bible-thumpers, as in "Elmer Gantry" (1960), which won him an Oscar; and grand old-timers, as in "Atlantic City" (1980).
He was in his glorious element playing doomed heroes and dandies, neurotics and aesthetes.
He later played doomed playwright Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in the film adaptation of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).
Playing doomed, macho, statement-shots an hour into the day on a flat pitch when your captain has just elected to bat, for example.
He made his feature debut playing doomed, destructive Sid Vicious in 1986's Sid and Nancy, Alex Cox's turbulent biopic of the Sex Pistols' bass player, and then starred as ill-fated Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears.
He was at his best in the 1930s playing doomed, blue-collar losers, gangsters and military deserters (as in Le quai des brumes), most especially for Duvivier, Carné and Renoir.
He worked with France's three finest directors of the era, invariably playing doomed characters, the victims of fate and social injustice, yet somehow indomitable in the face of tragic defeat.
I've been a fan of actors Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker since their time together playing doomed lovers Wesley WyndandPryce and Winifred Burkle on creator Joss Whedon's late, lamented series Angel.
We change Mr. Wells with trying to play doom both ways.
Because the source is out there, everyone can play Doom on just about any device or computer.
