play coy

phrase

US

: to avoid giving a direct or complete answer

When asked about his next book, he played coy.

Examples of play coy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chalamet might play coy when addressing the EsDeeKid claims, but he's never shied away from sharing his love of hip-hop and rap music. — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025

Lund doesn’t play coy with this obvious metaphor. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025

And unlike other fighters who might play coy, Wilder leaned straight into it. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

Travis Kelce tries to play coy when asked about recently visiting New York. — Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

It’s been three days since The Rehearsal’s season-two finale aired, so Nathan Fielder doesn’t need to play coy about his big secret any longer. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 May 2025

Best of all, Severance didn’t try to play coy and keep this important nugget for the end of the season. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025

Olivia Rodrigo loves to play coy and tease her ex-beaus in her music. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024

To her credit, Hall doesn’t play coy with their conversation, trying to sell us on why this beautiful woman (who’s probably heard it all, from all sorts of people) would keep engaging with this stranger’s potentially creepy offerings. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2024