play false
Example Sentences
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Do you think that I enjoy this fierce wrestling with doubts? or, having them, would you bid me play false and conceal them?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various
Sir Thomas Teddeman, who was sent by Sandwich to attack the Dutch at Bergen, was suspected by the Danish governor of intending to play false, was fired on by the batteries, and was beaten off.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
The artist must have comrades, and the comrades may play false; well, then the artist must take care of herself.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
The Landlady left the room, and thought;—"If you play false with me, I will play false with you, too."
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold
To release the eagle would be to play false to Shamash.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
