play around

Example Sentences

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You definitely play around with the format of a typical special in this new hour.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

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

He managed that with some brilliant scrambling and play around the greens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 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

“Do they play around here? We should go see them.”

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti