How to Use play out in a Sentence

play out

verb
  • That’s how this draft will play out.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Hard to say how this will play out.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The scene may not play out much longer.
    — Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • That's not quite how it's played out.
    — Rishabh Chanana, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • That is not how things have played out.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • There’s no telling how that will play out.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Let’s see how the last few weeks play out.
    — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • But how such plans would play out is not yet clear.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Here’s a quick look at how that plays out ashore.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Carter Hart could play out of his mind.
    — Beth Rankin, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
  • That process has been playing out.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • How has this played out in practice?
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Look how it’s played out instead.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Lopez had seen this game play out before.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • How would such an episode play out today?
    — Todd Brewster, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Wonder how the rest of the game played out.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Kind of seeing what plays out and all that stuff.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The exchange did not show how that played out.
    — Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And that has played out over his rookie-scale deal.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Le has watched the same shift play out in her own career.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Smith said, that’s not always how things play out.
    — Marta Zherukha, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • How will this play out over the next four games of the season?
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Williams said that battle will have to play out in the courts.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Things are going to play out the way they’re meant to play out.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2025
  • At least that’s how things have played out in past local races.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • So a story will play out over three or four or five or six episodes.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2023
  • There’s no telling how all that will play out, or who will prevail.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The fight over this rule is very much still playing out, so stay tuned.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 10 June 2026
  • In this year 2026, that’s kind of played out.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Only this story has played out one too many times.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026

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