Sentence examples for playing tentative from inspiring English sources

"They need to play, not think about this kind of problem, otherwise they'll end up playing tentative and end up getting hurt in different ways," Sebastianelli said.

As the opening movement, a ruminative Andante, began, the winds, playing tentative statements of the theme, had a reedy, plaintive and exotic allure.

I feel that the experienced guys were playing tentative, not to make mistakes, because mistakes the rookies were making we don't want to add to it.

This result is a combination of Argentina playing well and executing a game plan and the U.S. playing tentative soccer with no relief from the pressure.

"I'm not going to go out there and play tentative or scared.

And where last season exploded out of the gate with color and noise, this one began contemplatively, almost cautiously, on All Saints' Day, with a young boy playing a tentative first few notes of "When the Saints Go Marching In" and familiar characters in a graveyard visiting their dead; it ended with a body in the street.

Against such bowling you feel tentative in playing forward; equally tentative in playing back.

The first half featured the return of forward Greg Morton, who played a tentative three minutes without scoring.

Baltimore's Ed Reed, who made his season debut Sunday after sitting out with a hip injury, said he thought the Ravens' defense played a tentative first half.

As a lagniappe of sorts, Ms. Anderson's husband, Lou Reed, joined the ensemble for the closing piece, a short instrumental jam in which Mr. Reed played a tentative, quirkily melodic solo line against the vigorous chordal backdrop provided by Ms. Anderson and company.

It begins with Moreno playing a high, tentative phrase on his guitar.