- present participle of play.
playing
Example Sentences
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My parents met playing in a professional foosball tournament, so I would not exist if it weren’t for foosball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I commentated on Mingueza playing for Spain at the Nations League finals a year ago and he is very impressive at turning defence into attack.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Of these, one element—the presence of ambiguous rules—stands out from the others as playing an outsize role in misconduct cases, Palazzo told me yesterday in a call from Lausanne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Those priorities soon changed, however, and he was playing organized soccer before he entered kindergarten, then joined CF Montreal’s youth academy before he entered high school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“The band’s still playing and . . . there’s what, one or two movies after, eh?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
