play false
Example Sentences
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The Landlady left the room, and thought;—"If you play false with me, I will play false with you, too."
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold
Secretly already she was beginning to play false with fate, and, in flat repudiation of her last night's compact, to indulge the hope that her soldier had not been even wounded.
From An Echo Of Antietam 1898 by Bellamy, Edward
"Well, they would not dare to play false."
From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Hemyng, Bracebridge
Mr. Ellsworth, his scoutmaster, had once said that it is always bad to play false.
From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
She said to herself sometimes, trying to play false even with herself, that the blame, or at least the responsibility, for this change must be laid on the shoulders of Egypt.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
