Sentence examples for playing the host from inspiring English sources

This ancient city had pioneers of soccer playing the host nation, which started seven Americans in the first 11.

"There's something about music that's such a galvanizing force," Maury Martin, 62, a family doctor and soprano saxophone player, said after playing the host band's opening set.

A header by the Barcelona player Hugo Sotil propelled Peru to the World Cup in Argentina where it would be end up playing the host nation, and eventual champion, in an infamous match.

This insecure alpha male is a "professional phony" who "bangs his drum, calls together his gang at the pub every day, and there, greasily playing the host, he directs, he bosses, he commends, he disparages, he defames, he is happy".

Today, increasingly, the dirty work is done by people a few years out of college for whom management has mostly meant recruiting employees with stock options and playing the host at happy hours.

"It's going to be difficult playing the host country," said Arena, predicting that South Korea's wildly partisan crowds will burst with greater pride than usual when their team meets the country's longtime military ally in a match laden with nationalist sensitivities on both sides.

Playing the hosts is likely to be the toughest part of that.

The winner will advance to play the host Tigers in the second round on Sunday.

The Americans will play the host German team in their final game Saturday.

It is still unclear who will play the host Boston Bruins.

The Americans, who will compete in the same group as Russia, will play the host on Feb. 15.