How to Use play the game in a Sentence

play the game

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  • Among the greatest of his gifts was playing the game forever as a child.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • They’re paid to play the game and not get involved in ownership decisions.
    Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Fans who play the game on two and three consecutive days can receive bonus points and rewards badges.
    Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
  • So how is that going to limit his ability to play the position and play the game?
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • There are some people who love the idea of playing the game and owning rare chase cards within the game and collecting those cards.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Not just any new talent, beautiful young women who play the game the right way and give normal interviews.
    Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Taylor has been schooling La Trice on how to play the game, and then came up with a big Veto win this week.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The decision to end a career is rarely easy for a professional athlete, much less one who played the game at a high level.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Every high school football coach is expected to know how to teach student-athletes to play the game as safely as possible.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Also on the first episode, Larry David and daughter Cazzie David play the game.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 July 2026
  • Janelle Pierzina, who has played the game four times, was voted as the Best to Never Win.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Losing two of the greatest to ever play the game just months apart will definitely leave a mark on international soccer.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Getting a digital copy of a game works simply by inserting a compatible disc and installing and playing the game.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 1 July 2026
  • Both seem like two ways to, if not be monstrous, then at least refuse to play the game in the way a young interviewer would expect an older, more august person to play along.
    Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Many fans have been playing the game for years and aren't necessarily into a radical change on such a huge mechanic like catching passes.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • What’s more, playing the game consistently can get your family in the habit of sharing more intimate feelings with one another.
    Parents, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The concourse at the stadium is packed with people standing and watching TVs playing the game, adding to the sweltering heat.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
  • The most efficient way to play the game is to mash the light attack button until an enemy staggers, execute a finisher to get your health back, and repeat.
    Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
  • After watching Eala on TV last year, Battung bought a pair of racquets and started playing the game with his three-year-old son.
    Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In 2024, the two teams signed an agreement to play the game in Jacksonville from 2028 through 2031.
    Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Duff later played the game with Scherer, at one point eating a concoction including ingredients like oyster sauce and crickets.
    Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • The problem, however, was that Messi was even better, on his way to winning his first Ballon d’Or and playing the game, or at least seeing it, in the future.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • Eligible winning and non-winning tickets can each be entered immediately after purchase for points toward drawing prizes, as a separate way to win when playing the game.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The first season of the American version of The Traitors will be remembered for Survivor star Cirie Fields’s master class in how to play the game.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Is there a chance that the best shooter to ever play the game will decline to sign an extension, going into 2026-27 on an expiring contract and departing via trade or free agency?
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Christie said Westbrook ranks among the best point guards to ever play the game after Westbrook passed Steve Nash for fifth among the NBA’s all-time leaders in assists.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Schneider attempted to play the game under protest, believing that the Red Sox had to appeal the timing play at the plate, but teams are no longer able to play under protest after a 2020 rule change.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the meantime, conversations continue about Billy’s legacy and what that might look like, beyond the fact that every non-League footballer across the country will be playing the game in a much safer environment in the future.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Reid said Fields would play the game’s first 1 1/2 quarters, and rookie Garrett Nussmeier would play the same amount before turning it over to fourth-team quarterback Chris Oladokun.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Spain’s talisman was Lamine Yamal, its nineteen-year-old right winger, who plays the game with bleached tips, implausible speed, and nonchalance, but its superego was Rodri, the team’s central midfielder and captain.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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