How to Use play the game in a Sentence

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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
• Carr plays the game with natural poise and an infectious drive.
  — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
• The deadline passed; Bury never played the game, and the team was expelled from the league.
  — Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 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
• Contreras’ bruised hand and Caleb Durbin’s sideways pinky come with playing the game hard.
  — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 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
• Evans, in fact, plays the game very differently than a Jefferson or a Chase.
  — Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 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
• The Astros’ fans seemed to appreciate Perez having fun, and after all these years, no one plays the game with more glee.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
• However, Mahomes still spends some time with baseball, helping coach his 3-year-old son, Bronze play the game.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 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
• White's response in particular, as the coach of Clark and Cunningham, drew national backlash all while her team was playing the game that night.
  — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 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