How to Use make a play for in a Sentence

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• Just trying to make a play for my team.
  — David Aldridge, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• Good for Bacon to step up and make a play for us early there.
  — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2020
• Democrats should make a play for all green-minded voters—even those wearing red hats.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
• Ironically, both sides make a play for better long-term returns.
  — Chris Carosa, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• Democrats had also hoped to make a play for the Iowa Senate seat held by Grassley.
  — Jonathan Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
• Zhao, one of FTX’s first investors, stepped in to make a play for his former rival.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2022
• Bo Nix should probably throw a better ball, but Franklin needs to make a play for his quarterback there.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
• While Democrats will make a play for the purple district, experts say this one is likely their biggest uphill climb.
  — Dan Snyder, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
• The question now is whether or not the club can right itself in time to make a play for advancing to the knockout stage of the competition.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 12 July 2020
• Whether that's a stop, make a play for somebody else, take a charge, get a 50/50 ball, stop an offensive rebound.
  — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 19 July 2021
• If Garrett does indeed truly become available on the open market, a handful of teams will surely try to make a play for him.
  — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
• Lohani, who is studying Tata’s foray into airlines, says the group should make a play for Air India.
  — Ragini Saxena, Bloomberg.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• And Robinson is every bit as deserving of similar consideration among teams who have the cap space to make a play for his services.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
• The centre-back had little choice but to make a play for the ball, mistiming his challenge and seeing red after a lengthy VAR review.
  — Thom Harris, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
• While neither is projected to make a play for All-Defensive teams in the near future, having agile size like that will make life tougher on opposing guards.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022
• With 19 seconds on the shot clock and just under three minutes left in the first quarter against Washington, Hart didn’t swing the ball or make a play for a teammate.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
• With no first-round pick this year, Miami also would have to do some maneuvering to make a play for Jackson, as the team cannot currently sign him to an offer sheet.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• The Niners are one game back of the Seahawks for the division lead while the Cardinals, at 4-6, are looking to make a play for the wild card.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
• But his performance didn’t quiet the questions about whether the Ravens should make a play for free agent Ryan Tannehill or look for an upgrade elsewhere at backup quarterback.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
• In a digital mashup that could reshape the retail landscape, Walmart is teaming up with Microsoft to make a play for the video app TikTok.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2020
• Several other new albums debut inside the top 10 on the platform and make a play for the highest space, including major releases from various genres.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
• Also, any bidder with the scale and resources to make a play for EA will likely want to see how the Microsoft-Activision deal plays out with regulators.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
• Much of the content of the letters is about wider issues of diplomacy than simply Mary’s attempts to reclaim the throne of Scotland or make a play for the throne of England, Doran says.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2023
• Of course, Kranz himself could make a play for the breakthrough director, but that category seems to be dominated by women, similar to last year when three of the five were occupied by female filmmakers.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Oct. 2021
• Davidson could make a play for a top-tier forward to complement Connor Bedard regardless of what happens with Jones, but there is no guarantee that caliber of player will hit the market.
  — Scott Powers, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
• It could be argued this is an attempt by NBC to make a play for a broader audience, bearing in mind that late-night guests tend to overwhelmingly lean to the left of the ideological divide.
  — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• Meanwhile, there’s been speculation that Sony might make a play for WBD, but sources tell Variety the company is not interested.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
• To truly make a play for independent and moderate voters, the GOP will need to develop a policy agenda that similarly goes on the offensive.
  — Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023
• When Durant requested a trade from the Nets last summer, there were questions about whether the Celtics could make a play for the star forward to pair him with Tatum and create one of the most explosive wing pairings the game has ever seen.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
• Netflix Head-Scratcher Comments by Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters during the company’s quarterly earnings interview this week signaled to some on Wall Street that the giant streamer may make a play for WBD.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025