play the part
Example Sentences
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Before they recast the character, producer Joe Stuart asked how I’d play the part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It's more unusual for a US actress to play the part, but Coward actually based the character on an American he'd met at a dinner party in 1921.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
The defendants also discussed trying to recruit someone to pose as the buyer and fretted over whether they could find someone who looked old enough to play the part in front of a notary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Waggoner sat down with the group to play the part of a skeptical justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
After much discussion, the sharers concluded that it was better to let a girl play the part than to assign it to a prentice who would have to read the lines from a side.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
