play house

Example Sentences

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So imagine getting pregnant and you’re feeling like, “Oh my God, does this slow down the revolution? Am I gonna play house with a person that’s ignoring me?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Once in her own flat she tried her hardest to play house, laughing as she remembers spending her grant on a wall unit and ornaments, because that was what "good people" did.

From BBC • May 26, 2023

“He can play house husband, he can write columns for the Daily Telegraph and get paid large sums of money for that, larger sums for corporate things, but I suspect he will get very bored.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2022

Maki scurried to the school playground and took refuge in a miniature play house until authorities managed to coax him into a transport cage and he returned to the zoo.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022

The tiny cups and saucers were memories of Katie’s old girl friends and Francie was never permitted to play house with them.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith