Sentence examples for playing idol from inspiring English sources

But Barcelona's coach, Pep Guardiola -- who was the playing idol of F egas a decade ago -- might almost have written that headline about versatility.

But Barcelona's coach, Pep Guardiola — who was the playing idol of Fàbregas a decade ago — might almost have written that headline about versatility.

Their differences, played out in the Argentine media, involve Maradona's implying that the soccer president is senile, and Grondona's insinuating that drugs or drink still fuel the former playing idol.

Any of these paths can end in pop success, but the most plainly relevant contestant this season is Andrew Garcia, a YouTube-era star in the making, one of thousands of people who for the last few years have in essence been playing "American Idol: The Home Game," posting clips of their cover-song performances to the Internet in hopes they'd get noticed.

In those days, Djokovic's tennis-playing idol was Pete Sampras.

"Time Machine" will feature actors playing music idols like Madonna, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears, with audience members encouraged to ask questions about their personal lives and become celebrity gossipmongers themselves.

The Davids steal a vote from the Goliaths, and then use their Idol Nullifier to successfully block the Goliath who had played an idol.

Tonight he will play his idol in the match rescheduled from Wednesday.

The other pleasure of covering campaigns is getting to play American Idol judge, evaluating the political performances.

"That was one of those Bill Russell-typlaysays, his idol, keeping the ball in play instead of blocking it.

* According to reports in the New York Daily News, Anna Nicole Smith was so desperate to play her idol, Marilyn Monroe, on the big screen, she offered to finance a film about the life of Monroe's second husband Joe DiMaggio six months before her death in 2007.