Sentence examples for plays used from inspiring English sources

Plays used to follow an Aristotelian pattern: exposition, crisis, denouement.

Lousy plays used to come in two forms: drawing-room comedies and thrillers.

Both plays used minimal means, in intimate spaces, to summon a particular ethos with affection.

The next week, Bill Parcells, the Dallas Cowboys' coach, used an ethnic slur to describe surprise plays used in practice.

The Bills, who signed the former Jets receiver Brad Smith, a college quarterback, specifically for direct-snap plays, used the tactic 21 times, the most in the N.F.L.

Later versions of the mumming plays used the figure of St . Georgefighting a dragon, and they employed more dialogue to balance the action.

"They had the perfect storm going early on, making big plays, using play action," Dungy said.

In common with Jerusalem, Penhall's new plays use long speeches, physical farce, coups de theatre.

The frequent justification for renovating his dramas is that most of the plays use borrowed plots.

Managers signal plays using hand-held fans that are color-coded.

One that plays using a designated hitter, the other, by the rules.