How to Use playground in a Sentence

playground

noun
  • These mountains are a playground for hikers, skiers, and nature lovers.
  • The island was a playground of the rich and famous until the 1950s.
  • And the playground is lost somewhere in the tangle of metal.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • There’s also a Jacuzzi, a playground, and twin garages.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Ghostface makes the move as well but is lost in the big city, a slasher made small in his new playground.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • For Smith, the whole afternoon was like playground ball.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The prosecutor did not say where the playground is or explain where the acid came from.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2023
  • On the train, in the playground, and at work, people are blowing their nose, clearing their throat, and coughing.
    Anna Bader, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2024
  • So was the police car on the corner and the candlelit memorial at the playground entrance.
    Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The purchase, the first under the program, includes a cemetery, chapel, pavilion and playground at the church.
    Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
  • This is an affordable gift and fun for kids to play with alone or with a crew in the yard, beach, playground, or anywhere else.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The resort offers multiple pools and playgrounds, plus a great splash area with small slides for the younger kids.
    Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 15 May 2023
  • Some people also take them to parks, beaches, and playgrounds so their baby has a spot to nap on the go.
    Sarah Bradley, Parents, 30 June 2023
  • The playground equipment will meet the needs of children ages 2-12, Green told council members.
    Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2023
  • There’s an outdoor pool, a playground, and boat rentals for visitors who want to get out on the water.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Many were born on the land, in the bush, on the coast, with no playgrounds except the natural environment around them.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Vegas and Monaco may both be gambling centers and playgrounds for the über rich.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
  • An easy solution is for school playgrounds and fields to serve as parks after school hours.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The world’s ultra-wealthy seem to see promise in Tokyo as their next real-estate playground.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • Israeli soldiers claim Hamas stashed weapons here and dug a tunnel under the playground.
    Alex Hogan, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • One video showed a man carrying a knife walking past the kindergarten’s playground.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 10 July 2023
  • But the playground would still have wood chips, which are difficult to navigate in a wheelchair.
    Asia Fields, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2023
  • In the summer, there is a swimming pool open for public use, picnic areas, and playgrounds.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The museum is, after all, built on land that was once the family’s playground.
    Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Then there was a rumor that Alexis had been spotted talking to an unknown woman behind the school, on the edge of the playground.
    Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2023
  • None of those children were known to have witnessed the event, though hate crime posters were seen on lamp posts and trees surrounding the playground in the following days.
    Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The old, wooden playground equipment from 1992 was replaced with a similar-sized structure in the spring.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Behind each door is a buildable and poseable model, like the pieces to a pet playground, including a train, a seesaw, and a doghouse.
    Mia Huelsbeck, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Body parts were strewn across a nearby children's playground that was severely damaged by the strike.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The plan, unveiled Sunday, calls for a complete overhaul to the 2.7-acre recreation area that today includes a large grassy hill, a ball field for kids and a playground.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023

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