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
An emphasis on, or an improvement in, the use of any one of these factors may call into play to a greater extent than before the native retentive power of a given child.
From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton
These give rise to mathematical, physical, and chemical inquiries while at the same time they call into play the use of the scientific imagination and are thus rich in the possibilities of training.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul
On these Downs from 3000 to 4000 sheep can easily be kept by a single shepherd, whereas in Bathurst 800 would call into play all the watchfulness of a single individual.
