play around

Example Sentences

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Throughout his career, Soderbergh has sought out new technology and filmmaking techniques to play around with, lending his work an exciting sandbox quality where anything goes.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

In a break in play around the half-hour mark, Mikey Moore, exciting, dangerous and 18 years old, juggled the ball around the halfway line.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

I tell my kids, play around, try things out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It’s fun to just play around in the sandbox and experiment and stumble upon something.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

For a start, he had the whole park to play around in.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo