playing safe
Example Sentences
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Bairstow's six-hitting has banked him millions of Rupees on these shores but he fell lifting the ball into the hands of long-off, neither going for broke nor playing safe.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023
But Marvin A. Blyden, a territory senate leader who has drafted several pieces of legislation regarding the mariners since their arrival, worries that playing safe haven for guests will prove dangerous for residents.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2020
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan made their comedy great by never playing safe.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2019
“I’m gunning for 58 this year, not playing safe for 59.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2018
She knows what she’s doing, and she’s playing safe, though I admit it’s an extraordinary game.”
From Outside Inn by Kelley, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
