play around with

Example Sentences

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As long as you have enough money to live on with your other sources of income, plus a 12-month emergency fund, you have enough time to play around with.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

"We are two men of 80 years of age, so we cannot play around with democracy," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

But none of that stops Claude Code from being fun to play around with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

How much fun is it to play around with different people?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Ms. Smith shows me the light board and she lets me play around with the settings.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon