toying

present participle of toy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for toying
Verb
  • Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • George Clooney is playing a movie star, and that was sort of built into the idea.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Brækhus has been flirting with retirement ever since her first loss to McCaskill, but now, finally, feels ready to step away.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Powell doesn’t just mean that stock prices are flirting with record highs.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That process of recreating the set took only about an hour, which gave Cameron the freedom for easy reshoots and pickup lines.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Forte_Forte staged a fancy presentation recreating a Parisian boudoir, replete with towers of Champagne cups and highly photogenic sweet treats.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Toying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toying. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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