How to Use playground in a Sentence

playground

noun
  • These mountains are a playground for hikers, skiers, and nature lovers.
  • The island was a playground of the rich and famous until the 1950s.
  • By the end, pop star Halsey and the young girl meet on the swings at a playground.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
  • And the playground is lost somewhere in the tangle of metal.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This might sound simple enough—kids do it on the playground all the time, right?
    Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The rocky bluffs and woodland trails served as their playground.
    Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • There’s also a Jacuzzi, a playground, and twin garages.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Kids at the top of the stairs on a playground slide call to mind brushtail possums caught in the beam of a flashlight.
    Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The sunglasses remained in place the whole time while our kids climbed and swung at the playground.
    Staff Author, Parents, 13 Apr. 2024
  • One shell screamed into a playground across the street, throwing up a splash of flame and dirt.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The 28-year-old turned Sosa’s playground into Whack World.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 May 2024
  • Ghostface makes the move as well but is lost in the big city, a slasher made small in his new playground.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • Your little car lover will have a blast all over the playground with this RC crawler that's great on grass, sand, and dirt.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The entire episode was his playground–Michelle gave him free rein to spearhead it.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 17 Apr. 2024
  • One man, unfazed, pushed his son on a swingset at a nearby playground as the crews worked.
    Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Nearby: The Parks at Walter Reed, about two miles away, has playgrounds and a dog park.
    Amy Worden, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • For Smith, the whole afternoon was like playground ball.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • He got teased on the playground for being teacher’s pet.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The prosecutor did not say where the playground is or explain where the acid came from.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2023
  • Stretching 120 miles, the Abacos known as a boater’s playground.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2023
  • On the train, in the playground, and at work, people are blowing their nose, clearing their throat, and coughing.
    Anna Bader, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Their job was to oversee some playground equipment on a small city lot.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
  • So was the police car on the corner and the candlelit memorial at the playground entrance.
    Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • That movie put him into the playground of dinosaurs and Jedi.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
  • The purchase, the first under the program, includes a cemetery, chapel, pavilion and playground at the church.
    Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Growing up in Oicha, a town in eastern Congo, in the 1990s, Noé Kasali’s playground was his city’s streets.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The 3-foot-tall youngster, who is nonverbal, autistic and loves to climb, hit the playground.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • This is an affordable gift and fun for kids to play with alone or with a crew in the yard, beach, playground, or anywhere else.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Within the park, there’s a playground for kids, an area for dogs, fountains, sport tracks, and a cafe with outdoor tables.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
  • In turn, Vegas provides a playground where the average person and the hedonist can engage in the sublime, the superb and the spectacularly over-the-top.
    Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024

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