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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Once dismissed as a speculative plaything, Bitcoin has matured into a borderless, digital alternative to gold that offers both finite scarcity and functionality.
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Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Lindy goes to town and finds a new plaything/potential victim for Whitfield.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
This particular monkey is slightly different from your typical plaything, however.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
The main character, as a boy, is obsessed with physical strips of film, using them as playthings.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
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Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Lindy goes to town and finds a new plaything/potential victim for Whitfield.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
This particular monkey is slightly different from your typical plaything, however.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
The main character, as a boy, is obsessed with physical strips of film, using them as playthings.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plaything
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“Plaything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaything. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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plaything
noun
play·thing
-ˌthiŋ 
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