played Examples

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Examples of played in a Sentence

Examples of play
1. to gallant ladies to the play
2. This game is gay; let’s play a different one. = I dislike this game; let’s play a different one.
3. If you're too gay bob and want to go play with your dolls instead, I guess you don't have to play football with us.
4. The play was simply ghastly. ‎
5. Stevenage and Sheffield United played out a goalless draw in their League One play-off semi-final first leg.
6. When we reach the piano, Ormus sits down and starts to play a slow, haunting gospelly tune.
7. The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
8. Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
9. Naturally, the men play the set, drumming on the metal scaffolding as they climb around it wearing special grippy gloves.
10. City have lapped up the plaudits this season for a series of handsome wins but manager Roberto Mancini has demanded that his side also learn to grind out results when they do not play well. He now has an example to point to.
Examples of plays
1. In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
2. In the new film a lispy Hank Azaria plays Kah Mun Rah, an Egyptian prince [ … ] .
3. The music box plays a lovely melody.
4. This Toronto group plays multitextured instrumentals that veer from clangy turbulence to pastoral, acoustic daydreams.
5. Her noncomic plays included several notable tragedies.
6. The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays. ‎
7. This team plays a very physical game, so watch out. ‎
8. She has been taking lessons for many years and now plays piano very well.
Examples of played
1. Morrison then played a pivotal role in West Brom's equaliser, powering through the middle and feeding Tchoyi, whose low, teasing right-wing cross was poked in by Thomas at the far post
2. O'Neil played a lively first fiddle.
3. We sighted the Jennie Harkness, obviously American, at daylight right ahead in the S.E. trades; at noon we were alongside her, and our Foo-Foo band played "Yankee-Doodle" as we passed her.[2]
4. Each team scored three goals when they played football.
5. Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.
6. They played football in the snow.
7. Whenever the villain's theme played in the movie I felt a sudden frisson down my back.
8. The home team eventually started to unpick the Town defence and Fabregas forced a saved from visiting goalkeeper Marton Fulop after collecting a pass from Bendtner, who played on the right side of the front line.
9. The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.
Examples of playing
1. It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists. ‎
2. Lt. Gilbert deserves a full and fair hearing just like everyone else, no matter how the chips fall, no special pleading, and no playing the gender card.
3. John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him.
4. Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.
5. He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes
6. It had a slight rasp, soft subtones in the low notes and even control through the registers; he scattered stylized shakes of vibrato all through his playing.
7. Can he really continue playing Ari Gold, the jerk superagent, without getting delusions and landing in ego-disorder rehab?
8. The disc jockey, Hernan Brizuela, 33, was playing sets, or tandas, of Argentine tangos: fast, medium, then slow.