play around with

Example Sentences

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You definitely play around with the format of a typical special in this new hour.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

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

He likes to play around with color, and he even includes bits of eggshells and coffee grounds that have dropped into the paint.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman