child's play

Example Sentences

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“They’re about to miss another payment. This is going to look like child’s play, what’s happening right now,” Duffy said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

"The crowd was child's play compared to Bethpage," said the Yorkshireman, referring to the treatment handed out to Europe's players at last September's Ryder Cup in New York.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

If you look at Hasbro’s earnings, everything seems like child’s play.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

My niece is part of Generation Alpha — born between 2013 and the mid-2020s — and while they're still kids, their exposure to digital marketing is anything but child's play.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025

Then the stormy North Atlantic proved that all the other gales had been mere child’s play.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham