'play marbles' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an activity or situation, for example: "The children spent the afternoon playing marbles in the park."
MILLENNIUM MARBLES TOURNAMENT, an attempt to surpass the Guinness Book of Records entry for the most people to play marbles at the same time in the same place.
Robin and Dorrie didn't care about poker so they would run downstairs to play marbles.
Gröning used to play marbles with the shop owner's daughter, Anne.
One day her mother said "I heard you play marbles... ...... and asked for them.
"We used to play marbles, jump rope, go swimming in the ponds," she recalled.
One day her mother said "I heard you play marbles... .. and asked for them.
Maybe that's why I recently read a study claiming that surgeons who play Marble Mania perform better in the operating room.
The trilogy also inspires what may be my favorite Adler dictum: "If you do a Greek play, play marble, not cement!" She provides invaluable insights on the forms of escapism in "Long Day's Journey Into Night," O'Neill's autobiographical masterwork.
It also has an accelerometer that allows you to play Marble Madness in a whole new light.
Until then, the first 100 Mac readers to email this address will gain access to the Mac private beta so they can play Marble Blast, Think Tanks, and Rokkit Ball (all involving the firing, rolling, or passing of balls in some manner) against PC and Mac users alike.
On wet days they played marbles in the kitchen passages.
