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

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

I play around with a bowl of broth, eating only a spoonful or two.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins