Sentence examples for playing to the image from inspiring English sources

But snow is the league and NBC's preferred precipitation, playing to the image of pond hockey played in winter's coldest climes.

Western Sichuan where Samdo lies forms part of the "Shangri-la Ecological Tourism Zone," playing to the image of a Shangri-la paradise that was 'rediscovered' in neighbouring Yunnan in 2001 as a means of promoting tourism (Coggins and Hutchinson 2006).

We considered having a side chapel of portraits of her but decided against it because it played to the image of her as a muse rather than an artist in her own right.

Nearly a quarter of a century later, Minogue revisited her first UK chart-topper for an album of jazz reworkings of her back catalogue: an idea that played to the image of her as a filmic, tragic blonde, with mixed results.

And since many of the participants are celebrities hoping to rescue their image, playing to the camera may distract them from focusing fully on therapy.

The affair played to the Liberals' image under Mr Howard as prone to a mean brand of "wedge" politics on social issues.

A poll question on the new Web site BroadwaySpace.com plays to the most stereotypical image of Broadway fans: "Who is your favorite diva?" The choices are (no last names needed) Bernadette, Betty, Idina, Patti.

It is an image played to the hilt in this crowd-pleasing, promenade-style show, which has taken up temporary residence on the site of the old brewery.

Playing to his image as the anti-politician, Trump asserted that he "didn't come here tonight to pander about Israel.

"The mayor has to understand that if he does not step up and step forward now and admit mistakes he has made with the NYPD because of his obsession with playing to his base, then the image of those cops turning their backs on him will be a part of his permanent record," he writes.

Paris Hilton said today that it was hard "playing up to the image" of being an airhead but she was not as stupid as people thought.