playfully

Example Sentences

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Playfully lifting the corner of her long trench coat, Yeromina showed how she had layered up to stay warm.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Playfully goth, the shoulders in this collection sit up around one’s ears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Playfully, the film suggests that Augusto Pinochet — who 50 years ago led a military coup that made him the brutal, feared leader of Chile — was, in fact, a vampire.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Playfully but ominously, a cakelike chunk of hilly landscape is served on a plate, complete with a fork on the side, to represent human consumption of the environment.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022

Playfully she added one last, bloodthirsty growl: “Ahbearrrrrrrrr!”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood