Examples of plaything in a Sentence
VCRs were once the expensive, high-tech playthings of the rich.
We mustn't let the environment become the plaything of oil companies.
The emperor used people as his playthings.
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Before The Dark Knight, comic-book movies were mere playthings, enjoyable but disposable entertainments.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The exhibition also includes more recent efforts to provide for nonhuman wants and needs, such as metal scaffolds for coral reefs, skyscrapers for birds, and playthings for octopodes.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Making playthings of space and grammar, Gray Latitudes is a bold first publication by an author who approaches crafting thoughtful poetry in the most impulsive and instinctive ways.
—Wanjeri Gakuru
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
All this evidence suggests that the earliest tarot deck may have been used for little more than a courtly card game, an exquisite plaything for the super-rich.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The exhibition also includes more recent efforts to provide for nonhuman wants and needs, such as metal scaffolds for coral reefs, skyscrapers for birds, and playthings for octopodes.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Making playthings of space and grammar, Gray Latitudes is a bold first publication by an author who approaches crafting thoughtful poetry in the most impulsive and instinctive ways.
—Wanjeri Gakuru
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
All this evidence suggests that the earliest tarot deck may have been used for little more than a courtly card game, an exquisite plaything for the super-rich.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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“Plaything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaything. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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plaything
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