playing games

Example Sentences

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"We're sort of like pirates. But we're not playing games."

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Later life enrichment, starting around age 80, focused on activities such as reading, writing, and playing games, along with income from Social Security, retirement, and other sources.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Similarly, if you’d like to focus the day on playing games and experiencing human-powered carnival rides, I’d recommend doing that first.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

It was launched in 2015 and is widely used by people playing games but also to arrange group activities because users can split conversations into easily searchable "channels".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

And I am not interested in playing games, anyway.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman