Sentence examples for playing the situation from inspiring English sources
"More often than not, somewhere in the string of events something goes wrong — a rod breaks, knots give way or coral severs the line — and you're left standing on the flat, heart and mind racing, knees weak, playing the situation back in your mind".
"What is not obvious are the possible hidden hands orchestrating these moves and playing the situation like piano keys.
I knew it would be a different sort of mindset, and that we had to find a way of playing the situation as well as possible.
As the house lights rose to signify the end of the night, the crowd was still begging for more, in a situation most bands would beg to be in, The Vaccines are playing the situation very cool and most importantly, very good.
"And Torricelli has played the situation masterfully".
Assad has played the situation with cynical brilliance.
Instead, Mr. Blakeney uses a matter-of-factness to play the situation for farce.
"You dream of this as a kid but I just tried to play the situation and adapt to the conditions.
To Harrison's credit, he does more than play the situation for laughs, finally pointing up the emptiness of erotic engagement as a sole criterion for happiness.
Pete plays the situation much as you'd expect: short of sympathy on the one hand and with cunning on the other.
The current trend, as shown by Jamie Lloyd's recent revival of The Homecoming, is to banish pause-ridden portentousness and play the situation.
