toy with

Example Sentences

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For her Netflix version, Smith Metzler tweaks the plot to toy with our unconscious ideas of upper-class power dynamics.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

“I’m always trying to toy with that idea of her brain works too fast for her mouth,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Game-makers have previously defended them as being akin to a chocolate egg containing a plastic toy, with children not knowing exactly what they are getting until the egg is bought and opened.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

He comes across as a clear minded individual, not one to fall for the promise of a shiny new toy with no substance to it.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

“Let’s not toy with this poor boy more than you already have. We don’t want anything to happen to him.”

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby