Sentence examples for play purely from inspiring English sources

Very reluctantly, therefore, we have decided to end the current run of the play, purely on safety grounds.

And I can't imagine someone wanting to play purely on a pay-as-you-play basis, there's got to be some sort of basic involved, I would guess.

The folding chair explained, perhaps -- and a reminder that you don't need a big hall when you play purely acoustic instruments in a small folk ensemble.

The New Yorker, March 16, 1940 P. 25 Two girls who attended a performance of "Ky Largo" made it plain that they discounted Maxwell Anderson's blank verse & regarded the play purely as a personal appearance of Paul Muni.

By Janet Marshall and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, March 16, 1940 P. 25 Two girls who attended a performance of "Ky Largo" made it plain that they discounted Maxwell Anderson's blank verse & regarded the play purely as a personal appearance of Paul Muni.

His knee had taken a heavy toll and Miller was given an extended break had to play purely as a batsman in the Third Test at Headingley.

He found himself envying the doctors, lawyers and other professionals who played purely for pleasure.

"I played purely by ear, so I was always very nervous," he admitted.

(Sleeping Dogs Lie is an exception: "presented" by Miguel Santos, who doesn't speak, just plays purely ambient music, designed to get you to sleep).

In his book "I of the Vortex," Llinás writes: When a soloist such as Heifetz plays with a symphony orchestra accompanying him, by convention the concerto is played purely from memory.

In other words, the resistance - or lack of it - which is central to the idea of the play went unnoticed, because of the way it would be played purely as a star vehicle.