play to the crowd
Example Sentences
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But Terence Crawford doesn't play to the crowd.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
And they need their best player to play to the crowd and raise the commotion, Johnny Juzang is more than happy to do both.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021
American wild-card entry Jenson Brooksby, after upsetting 21st-seeded Aslan Karatsev in five sets, knew how to play to the crowd.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021
Mr. Rutte, who leads the center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, or V.V.D., does not play to the crowd, nor does he worry about keeping a politically crafted image, people close to him say.
From New York Times • May 28, 2020
That's how you play to the crowd, and also how you attempt to divert attention and limit the chirps over the whole cart thing.
From Golf Digest • May 16, 2019
