How to Use play to in a Sentence

play to

verb
  • The teams played to a 2-2 draw.
    — CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Their top guys get the recipe on how to play to win.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • The goal is to play to his strengths and win some games.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
  • One of the best to ever play to game.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
  • That infield plays to his strengths.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Belgium played to draws in each of its first two games.
    — CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • This is not the usual race track that plays to our strengths.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Still, there are worse things than playing to one’s strengths.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Athletes watch their plays to see what worked and what didn’t work.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
  • And Burick’s classes aim to play to those strengths.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Tolbert also made a slick play to end the game.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
  • The teams seemed content to play to a 2-2 draw.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Today, drummers have to play to click tracks.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Go out there, pound the zone, make guys put the ball in play to get on base and limit the walk.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
  • Is everybody now playing to win right now?
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • Garcia scored on the play to give the Royals an early lead.
    — Jaylon Thompson may 23, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
  • And no Hart transition hustle play to cap a run.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
  • Meidroth scored on the play to give Chicago a 3-2 lead.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But these two played to their strengths and made a real impact, even against Vegas’ best.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • In fact, both clubs are still playing to avoid relegation.
    — Lukas Weese, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • The 41-year-old is still adding legendary plays to his collection.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The 41-year-old is still adding legendary plays to his collection.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The culprit there was the Knicks’ sloppy play to start Game 1.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
  • Both teams are playing at a high level and playing to their identity.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Films can play to full houses and still struggle to convert that momentum.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
  • Schobel scrambled on back-to-back plays to set up a third and short in the red zone to set up Pitchford’s score.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Royals simply needed to put the baseball in play to score the first run of the game.
    — Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
  • Then some players who have played at a ridiculously high level, haven’t played to that level.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Is Hagens in play to be in the postseason lineup?
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The sides played to a controversial 1-1 draw.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026

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