Example Sentences

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Can the two tell the difference between playacting and following their hearts?

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Between 2018 and 2021, McIndoe, now 25, went from state to state, playacting the role of radicalized cult leader pushing an absurd conspiracy theory—that, as he put it, “birds aren’t real.”

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2024

When I asked friends if they talk to themselves, one described free-associating and playacting to prepare for high-stakes meetings.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

The three hours of school each weekday will be followed by activities such as playacting, painting or handicrafts.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

As if such playacting could help, now that we’ve come this far.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood