How to Use child's play in a Sentence

child's play

noun
  • Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.
  • Getting to the parks isn't child's play.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Why is playing with a child not as easy as, well, child's play?
    — Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook, 5 Jan. 2012
  • Don't let the word baby fool you; this peel isn't child's play.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Some spaces - like the children's play area in the mall's hub - are off limits.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 12 May 2020
  • However, in recent years, getting there has been far from child's play.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • And everything that used to give me anxiety feels like child's play after all this.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The other contains a fountain and a children's play area, and a larger lawn space.
    — Devin Kelly, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Both openings overlook a brick patio and, beyond, a children's play area at the rear of the house.
    — Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • Also on site are a children's play area, nursing lounge, stroller rental and other amenities.
    — Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
  • Collaborative efforts can make a tough task seem like child's play.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The cinema is next to a children's play area on the fourth floor, which was believed to be where the fire started.
    — Matthew Bodner, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2018
  • In some ways, forcing those changes might seem like child's play compared to making major changes to college sports.
    — Mark Long, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
  • While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • However, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That shutdown battle was child's play compared with what Pelosi's decision has touched off.
    — Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2019
  • There's a children's play area for the younger crowd, and those interested in art can take a stroll through local art displays.
    — Zahria Rogers, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2018
  • Once the foundation is laid and the ground floor constructed, the rest of the process will, in a way, resemble child's play.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2013
  • The northern side of the building was added on to serve as the McDonald's children's play room.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • In addition to food and cocktails, Shangri-la promises bocce ball, fire pits and a children's play area.
    — Michael McGough, sacbee, 8 May 2018
  • Octavia now terminates in a long, grassy park with a geodesic children's play structure at one end.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
  • But then a lifeguard essentially kicked them out of the children's play area, said Cierra, the mother.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity, 27 Mar. 2018
  • While the production is light on dramatics and possibly gives more sparkle than any Kinky Boot, mere child's play this show is not.
    — Aaron Leth, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Mar. 2014
  • The family was in a children's play area that was enclosed with clear-glass paneling, Winkleman said.
    — NBC News, 9 July 2019
  • The eighth floor has a fitness center with cardio and strength-training equipment, yoga studio, indoor lap pool, whirlpool spa and children's play area.
    — Pamela Dittmer McKuen, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Herberger cared about all aspects of art, from ballet to child's play, family friend Jennifer Moser said.
    — Mackenzie Brower, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Climbing steep inclines is child's play for the V8 model, which burbles contentedly just above idle, free of stress and full of torque.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 17 Feb. 2022
  • In Texas, malls are being allowed to reopen starting Friday, but the food court and children's play area must remain closed.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2020
  • But what of history's other horrors — horrors on a scale that make September 11 look like child's play?
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The silicone case and adjustable stand are also built to withstand falls, collisions, and rough child's play, unlike your typical tablet.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025

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