Example Sentences

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Iran has toyed with reverse-engineering, upgrading and creating its own combat aircraft, but has lacked the finances and technology to do so effectively, said Farzan Sabet, an Iran-focused researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The NYSE-based breadth oscillator has toyed with a sell signal over the past week, but has not been able to sustain one.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

Fury, 36, has toyed with retiring but but come back to the ring, Wilder is 38 and on a two-fight losing streak, while Joshua is 34 and facing another comeback.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

Mr. Musk has toyed with ideas to show how many people are using Twitter to read rather than to speak.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2022

All his life he has toyed with danger.

From Fire-Tongue by Rohmer, Sax