call into play

Example Sentences

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Will we devoutly wish for a new risk factor to call into play as we see memory slipping as our dotage arises?

From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013

Now she would have to call into play all of her climbing ability to keep going up the treacherously steep smooth slates.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

To interpret effectively any one of the Browning monologues will call into play every element of power in voice and expression which you have gained in your study of previous forms.

From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Everts, Katherine Jewell

In the struggle the boys call into play all their lore of the woods.

From The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

What culture, though—what a combination of gifts, does this portrayal require and call into play!

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin