How to Use play at in a Sentence

play at

phrasal verb
Definition of play atnext
  • The losers will play at 3 p.m. Friday in a third-place game.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • How did that feel to be playing at the same time as her?
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Guests, drunk on liquor and a good time, buzz around her as a young girl plays at her feet.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The Orioles were already scheduled to play at home the same date.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • All five Warriors starters played at least 40, as well.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The surprise of the match was how aggressively Medvedev played at the start.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The movie played at the Berlin Film Festival, and a few reviews trickled in.
    — Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Paredes stepped up with a crucial play at the back in the 66th minute, stomping his foot in Gignac’s space to win a ball and push it away.
    — oregonlive, 26 July 2023
  • Noah Kahan is chiming in on the debate over which one of his songs is the best to play at weddings.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Menlo School’s boys and girls teams will also play at home, as will the Christopher boys.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The night also marked the final time the Sockers played at Pechanga Arena, their home for the last 11 seasons.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The teams will play at 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
  • The call stood after the play at the plate was reviewed following a UM challenge.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Girma will be the first Ethiopian American to play at a World Cup.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 July 2023
  • The music played at these places is full of hits, from Vietnamese pop to Taylor Swift's latest.
    — Nguyên Lê, Chron, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Sliding into second is one and also the play at home plate.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The winners will play at Valley College in the championship game.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Many play at church and in local concerts, some after founding their own band.
    — Evens Sanon and Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
  • That refers to the main style of play at the MLB level, where many at-bats result in a walk, a strikeout, or a home run — the three outcomes that don’t involve the defense.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Chargers play at SoFi Stadium and don’t necessarily have the largest fan base in the league.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • This large-size sandbox is big enough for multiple kids to play at once, with room for nearly a ton of sand inside.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 31 July 2023
  • Music being played at home and in the car has been an enormous help in her solid foundations.
    — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The shot clock should increase the pace of play at the varsity level, while also making the ends of close games more exciting.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The match was played at Memorial Stadium, home to the Cornhuskers' football team.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The whole goal with replay is to try to get everything right, but there’s 100 plays at each end every night that are subjective.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Arch now plays at the University of Texas, while Heid plays high school football at his dad and now brother’s alma mater.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Advertisement Now the question is: How will the beat-up line play at Indianapolis in a short week?
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • His production had been up and down with the Jets, marked by big plays at times and injuries that limited him to just 22 games in his two seasons with New York.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Fofana was last seen playing at a park on Castle Island at around 7 p.m. on Sunday.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 May 2023
  • Morris went to see their out-of-competition film playing at the Yarrow hotel.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024

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