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
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
It’s fun to just play around in the sandbox and experiment and stumble upon something.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
The Social Security Administration can give you estimates as to what benefits would be at different ages, and offers benefit calculators to let you play around with the numbers.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 13, 2025
“Ay-yi-yi. I already got arthuritis in my elbow. I’m too old to play around with them balls. I’d wrench my back.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
