How to use "play" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "play" in popular movie and book plots

  • Lermontov asks Julian to play one of his own works at the piano.  - The Red Shoes (1948 film)
  • Maybe he does care for her; but he says "I won't play the sap for you".  - The Maltese Falcon (novel)
  • The Mayor of Terminus City, Salvor Hardin, proposes to play the planets against each other.  - Foundation series
  • He allows a customer to play "I'm My Own Grandpa" on the jukebox, having yelled at the customer for playing the song before he left.  - All You Zombies
  • Upon spotting Rick's friend and house pianist, Sam, Ilsa asks him to play "As Time Goes By".  - Casablanca (film)
  • The play takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War.  - Arms and the Man
  • Soon mrs Rittenhouse and mrs Whitehead arrive and the four proceed to play a absurd variation on Bridge.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)
  • Several other technicalities of their probation also came into play at various times.  - The Dukes of Hazzard
  • They play scribbage together and Joe shows his limited academic prowess.  - Midnight Cowboy
  • Falken and David direct the computer to play tic-tac-toe against itself.  - WarGames
  • One of his handlers at Tarnover explains that this is like a classical pianist being able to play entire sonatas and concertos from memory.  - The Shockwave Rider
  • The foreign edits tend to play up the individual characters, while the Japanese original is often more focused on the ship itself.  - Space Battleship Yamato
  • They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar.  - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • On one occasion, the swindlers advertise a three-night engagement of a play called "The Royal Nonesuch".  - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • tells her to start a petition to get the band Big Fun to play at the school pep rally.  - Heathers
  • Meeting Nick at the jazz club Bill learns that Nick has an engagement where he must play piano blindfolded.  - Eyes Wide Shut

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