How to Use play upon in a Sentence

play upon

verb

• Currently, the new grass is settling so it can be played upon.
  — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026
• There were questions about where Bichette would play upon his return from his knee injury, and the questions were valid.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
• Such stories play upon our own imaginings; anyone who’s run a toy car across the landscape of a floor, or pretended a planter was a jungle, or made a mountain out of a mound, or projected themselves into a model train layout — indeed, a scene here — will relate.
  — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• Michael Owens / Getty Images Nacua issued an apology last December after performing a gesture that plays upon antisemitic tropes while appearing on an internet livestream.
  — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
• From allowing players to immediately play upon transferring to the introduction of Name, Image, and Likeness money — which has enabled players to become free agents earning tens of thousands or even millions of dollars — the landscape around the portal has drastically changed in recent years.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026