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
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
Lionel Messi didn’t toy with defenders in the MLS Cup final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 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
My heart contracted with fear as I considered that Claudius had discovered my hiding place and now would toy with me, as a cat does a mouse.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
