call into play
Example Sentences
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Will we devoutly wish for a new risk factor to call into play as we see memory slipping as our dotage arises?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
Now she would have to call into play all of her climbing ability to keep going up the treacherously steep smooth slates.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
He could not call into play any of the wrestling tricks that were his, all he could do was to keep his feet and wait for the madman's strength to expend itself.
From 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life by Grismer, Joseph Rhode
It will surprise you to find how keen you will yourself become as the work goes on, and how it will call into play all your invention and your latent craftsmanship.
From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
This may consist of exercises that call into play all the muscles of the body, or which are concentrated upon special parts.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
