playacting
Example Sentences
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Just as important is the role of playacting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025
Between 2018 and 2021, McIndoe, now 25, went from state to state, playacting the role of radicalized cult leader pushing an absurd conspiracy theory—that, as he put it, “birds aren’t real.”
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2024
And Collette’s playacting of such a role becomes a source of tension throughout the book.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023
After sharing the idea with a colleague named Whit Alexander, the two expanded the game, adding mini-competitions that involved charades-like playacting, sculpting shapes from clay and humming popular songs.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022
He just loved playacting, and he was good at it too.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
