How to Use play along in a Sentence

play along

phrasal verb

• The big thing was would Paul Reubens want to play along?
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
• And all the while, Lovett kept finding small shows to play along the way.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2023
• The sketch falls flat without Lutz there to play along.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023
• After the video was released, some of the teams involved played along.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• Watch Matthias pretend to play along in time with the church band and his father's preaching.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• Belle, 38, and de Guzman, 43, have enjoyed the banter and played along.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• She is listed as a midfielder for the Current and can also play along the back line.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• In the story, a 5-year-old Jesus plays along a rushing stream and molds 12 sparrows out of clay down by the water.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
• In the audience, Culkin played along, staring blank-faced at Pascal with evil in his eyes.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2024
• The mean hunk son is trying to get Marco fired, but Venetia’s not playing along.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 July 2023
• A couple of weeks later, Shutt was at Lee’s house when Lee put a record on and started playing along.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• Maryellen gamely plays along, spinning a tale: A woman, maybe a student, walks alone in the autumn woods.
  — Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• So Pinkley, still in his grunt attire, plays along under duress and pretends to inspect the troops.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
• The entertainment value is high, as kids of all ages can get involved, and even adults can play along.
  — Erica Puisis, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
• In town, the children spent time playing along the beach and the whole family dipped their toes in the Arctic Ocean, surprised by the chunks of ice still floating by.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
• So in other words, Hamas will not play along with any Israeli response that aims to restore the status quo ante?
  — Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2023
• And the elections—or rather, the mass approval of Putin’s activities—will show that the people, at least, are playing along.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
• Each week, Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant while listeners at home play along.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
• The introduction of the live play along app has also been a hit, topping app download charts in the early weeks of the show’s broadcast.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Apr. 2023
• The production takes cues from other movies-and-symphony shows by screening the film live, in a large format, as the band plays along.
  — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Skipper played along, standing alone in support of mashed potatoes.
  — Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• No, Waggoner answered, back on firm footing and playing along.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Over the years, colleagues would sometimes cringe at his antics and on other occasions play along.
  — Bre Badham, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
• Fortunately, the consumer did not play along and did not end up losing any money.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2024
• Where Rosengarten plays along the Ravens’ offensive line remains to be seen, but with the right tackle spot open, that would be the most likely position.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
• The women decide to have Lottie committed to a psychiatric hospital, but play along with the idea of a hunt.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• And should the Journal, which has criticized ProPublica as a left-wing outfit, have played along with this?
  — Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 25 June 2023
• Including where to eat, stay, and play along these scenic beach communities.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
• Manet’s refusal to play along with the strictures of academic art matches his refusal to cater to France’s bourgeois fantasies.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
• Skeptics may say that there is no reason for the leadership in Beijing to play along, given its triumphalism and distrust.
  — Jessica Chen Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 4 Sep 2024