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Sentence count:180+72Posted:2016-07-17Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: workSimilar words: playoffplayerdisplayfair playplay withon displaylay outclayMeaning: [pleɪ]  n. 1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage 2. a theatrical performance of a drama 3. a preset plan of action in team sports 4. a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill 5. a state in which action is feasible 6. utilization or exercise 7. an attempt to get something 8. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules 9. (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds 10. the removal of constraints 11. a weak and tremulous light 12. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) 13. movement or space for movement 14. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement 15. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession 16. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) 17. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully. v. 1. participate in games or sport 2. act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome 3. play on an instrument 4. play a role or part 5. be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children 6. replay (as a melody) 7. perform music on (a musical instrument) 8. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind 9. move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly 10. bet or wager (money) 11. engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion 12. pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity 13. emit recorded sound 14. perform on a certain location 15. put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game 16. engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously 17. behave in a certain way 18. cause to emit recorded sounds 19. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination 20. use to one's advantage 21. consider not very seriously 22. be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way 23. behave carelessly or indifferently 24. cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space 25. perform on a stage or theater 26. be performed 27. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence 28. discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream 29. make bets 30. stake on the outcome of an issue 31. shoot or hit in a particular manner 32. use or move 33. employ in a game or in a specific position 34. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle 35. exhaust by allowing to pull on the line. 
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151. When the children's play got too noisy, their mother called a halt.
152. You can play outside, but you must not leave the yard.
153. He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.
154. We did a wide trawl to find the right person to play the part.
155. All the mums and dads are invited to the school play at the end of the year.
156. We'll need a flat surface to play the game on.
157. We would often decide what to play on the spur of the moment.
158. The play is full of references to the political events of those days.
159. His latest play has delighted theatre audiences and theatre critics alike.
160. The police have ruled out foul play in the case of his death.
160. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
161. He used to play with a group but now he's going solo/pursuing a solo career.
162. No one felt happy to play host to such people.
163. Music, mime and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions.
164. He has been picked to play in this week's game.
165. Do not play too true acting, otherwise it will bear the scars.
166. Sometimes when children play, they make believe they are grow - ups.
167. His mother rehearsed his lines with him and by the time the play opened he was word perfect.
168. The rest episodes of this TV play will be on next Monday.
169. I love smimming in summer. So I always go swimming with my parents in the sea. Sometimes, I like to play basketball on the playground with my friends if it's not very hot.
170. Life is like a piano,what you get out of it,depends on how you play it.No sweat, no sweet.
171. The children had an argument about/over what game to play.
172. The play has a very strong cast(sentencedict.com), but two actors in particular shine out.
173. The two equal winners had to play off an additional game to decide the winner of the whole competition.
174. Rodney put the recorder on the desk top and pushed the play button.
175. The play was the first commercially successful work dealing explicitly with homosexuality.
176. The bad language in that play overstepped the limits/boundaries of what ought to be allowed on television.
177. Read the five drum in the middle of the night, but the play fast and loose.
178. If all are the play, why should we played a less realistic.
179. The Observer found the play "a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes".
180. The performance was rounded off with a one - act play .
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