toy with

Example Sentences

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For her Netflix version, Smith Metzler tweaks the plot to toy with our unconscious ideas of upper-class power dynamics.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

“I’m always trying to toy with that idea of her brain works too fast for her mouth,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Think of the toddler's classic hammer-and-bench toy, with square, circular, triangular and star-shaped wooden pegs that can each only fit in the correspondingly shaped hole in the bench.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

He comes across as a clear minded individual, not one to fall for the promise of a shiny new toy with no substance to it.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

And the master would smile at Miss Susan, and toy with his watch chain.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry