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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That’s how the elites in Industry, like the ones in the real world, can treat people like playthings.
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
But, as Michtom discovered with the Teddy bear, the priorities of the new childhood, coupled with the growing prosperity of American society, had also created a demand for material playthings.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
From time to time, visitors to the house, not realizing these squeaky balls were offspring and not playthings, would pick one up and throw it for her.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
Over Trump’s past year, what originally looked like an effort to make the government his personal plaything has drifted distinctly toward doctrinal and operational fascism.
—Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
But, as Michtom discovered with the Teddy bear, the priorities of the new childhood, coupled with the growing prosperity of American society, had also created a demand for material playthings.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
From time to time, visitors to the house, not realizing these squeaky balls were offspring and not playthings, would pick one up and throw it for her.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
Over Trump’s past year, what originally looked like an effort to make the government his personal plaything has drifted distinctly toward doctrinal and operational fascism.
—Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Plaything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaything. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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plaything
noun
play·thing
-ˌthiŋ 
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