play
noun
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
unplayed
-
a word derived from
play.
Example Sentences
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Jazz, courtesy of composer Kristopher Funn, suffuses the production, but only in small recorded bursts: A handsome bass violin is perched upstage, bathed in ethereal light by designer John D. Alexander, but is left unplayed.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Yet six songs came from Springsteen’s 2020 album “Letter To You” and left unplayed at least for this performance was the classic “Thunder Road.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Pardon the pun but Musk's trump card remains unplayed.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2022
Intended to make podcast sorting and listening on the app easier, the filter will let users select or weed out unplayed, in progress, downloaded, or archived podcasts.
From The Verge ● May 10, 2022
The same number of bars to play, the same to leave unplayed; the whole dreary story, gone through so often before, to be gone through so often again.
From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill
