toy with
Example Sentences
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For almost as long, she’s also made experimental folk and electronic records that toy with avant-garde noise and quietly poignant songwriting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
It frames the way I look at the food here—how Catalan chefs toy with tradition, nudging it just far enough to feel fresh but never so far that it becomes unrecognizable.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025
"You become sentimental about your child's toy, but you're nostalgic of the time you used to play with that toy with your child," explains Kiosses.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 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
“She told you. She told you a month ago that you were just going to toy with me.”
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
