Sentence examples for rival play from inspiring English sources

He was praising the rival play.

After that, the Shakespeare who had matched his rival play for play, and dramatic innovation for dramatic innovation, had the field pretty much to himself until Ben Jonson showed up.

al-Arabiya, its Saudi-owned Arabic-language rival, played down the story.

The chance to go up against a rival, played by Billy Bob Thornton, who's working for his opponent.

Pfeiffer plays a retiring courtesan, who is asked by a former rival, played by Kathy Bates, to take her teenage son in hand.

And she has to compete with Cary, a smarmy young rival played with James Spaderish suavity by Matt Czuchry ("Gilmore Girls" ), for the one associate job up for grabs.

When The New York Blade News, a gay newspaper, hit the streets five years ago, its rival played the gay card.

The task has some perils (being punched out by a rival played by Gabriel Macht), and a few perks as well (going to bed with one of the doctor's receptionists, played by Judy Greer).

Ferguson told Football Focus that his former Chelsea rival "plays games too; he is brilliant at it".

Gulf states including Saudi Arabia are also deeply troubled by this engagement with a rival playing a decisive role in destructive wars in Syria and Iraq, as well as in Yemen.

What part did Microsoft's rivals play?