Sentence examples for played about with from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "played about with" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe experimenting or engaging in playful or casual activity with something.
Example: "She played about with different colors until she found the perfect shade for her painting."
Alternatives: "messed around with" or "experimented with"

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Apparently, Shearley played about with a version featuring tunworth cheese and shaved truffle, the sort of thing that may cause one to emit a small moan.

Plant Engineer Lee Marcroft said he would be opting out as he did not want to invest "in something that's put on the stock market and played about with like it's roulette!" Pensions expert Hilary Salt said that was a common view but, "by opting out, people are giving up the valuable employer contributions that would otherwise be paid on their behalf".

She found "damaging lesion shapes" visible on her MRI scans, which she played about with to create intricate patterns.

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I play about with them.

They have suggested that playing about with the treaty could wreck the fabric of arms control.

This summer I've been playing about with tomatoes like never before.

"We use old-fashioned techniques and play about with them," says Vic. That's a bit of an understatement.

Another used only to let me play about with a cardboard steering wheel, and never made me do any actual driving.

I made a small boat to play about with and an actor instinctively put it on his head: that became the defining image of the play.

But start playing about with the core intellectual property and you're not a fan producing marketable game content for nothing, you're a criminal.

"In Shutter Island Scorsese opens the film-noir casket and plays about with the contents – for his pleasure and at our expense," writes Kate Muir in the Times.

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