play around
Example Sentences
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Throughout his career, Soderbergh has sought out new technology and filmmaking techniques to play around with, lending his work an exciting sandbox quality where anything goes.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
As long as you have enough money to live on with your other sources of income, plus a 12-month emergency fund, you have enough time to play around with.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
In a break in play around the half-hour mark, Mikey Moore, exciting, dangerous and 18 years old, juggled the ball around the halfway line.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
“She’s really thinking about ways to elevate what she’s doing and play around in the context of that character. I love her work. She is one of the funniest parts of the show.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
Of course, this aspect of mathematics isn’t very well known even to the numerate, since it’s necessary to have some mathematical ideas first before you can play around with them.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
