"play" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "The Crucible" also features a rare and welcome screen appearance by Paul Scofield, who shrewdly plays the distinguished jurist named Danforth as the model of moral rectitude gone wrong.
- And he played shrewdly and well.
- She had chosen to thwart her mother by shrewdly playing along with this demented game.
- However, some art historians suggest that she was shrewdly playing on her fame from the rape trial to cater to a niche market in sexually-charged, female-dominant art for male patrons.
- A Greek player attempted the same line of play, but an L.G.M. named Shobote, sitting West, shrewdly played the diamond ten on South's deuce.
- "He and Carl are shrewdly playing the hands they're dealt," said Mark Green, last year's unsuccessful Democratic candidate for mayor.
- All attempts were rebuffed, Zia shrewdly played his cards knowing that Carter was on his way out and he may get a better deal from the incoming Reagan.
- Pitched principally at impressionable teenagers, who are by nature narcissists, Hell Houses shrewdly play to the selfishness of their visitors.
- The boy shrewdly plays dumb, at least until "Sir" John tips him.
- He shrewdly plays Alan, making him believe Meenakhsi likes him romantically - and sends him to convince her to come back.
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