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How to use the word PLAYFUL in a Sentence?

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He loved to read, he loved school, he loved his mom, he was inseparable from his twin sister. He just had his fun and was so playful.

Connie Whitehead

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He was inseparable from his twin sister. He just had his fun and was so playful. i tend not to express my feelings about Stephen because I know it’s just going to make me upset.

Stephanie Smith

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Yankees are deeply saddened by the passing of former Yankee Joe Pepitone, whose playful and charismatic personality and on-field contributions made him a favorite of generations of Yankees fans even beyond his years with the team in the 1960s.

New York

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I love working with middle schoolers because they are as insightful as they are playful, and they are often very playful.

Phyllis Fagell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For something even more playful,\.

Phoebe Fenrir

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are seeing lots of discussion and speculation about its mysterious space flavor, our fans are intrigued — they love the playful novelty.

Oana Vlad

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I was around some of my friends and we just, we say dumb stuff together. In our minds it's playful. It sounds ignorant but that's really where it came from, and it's wrong, we were all clearly drunk and I was asking his girlfriend to take care of him because he was drunk and he was leaving. I didn't mean it in any derogatory manner at all.

Morgan Wallen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think I have two souls, one is playful, ironic, with a sense of humor. The other is in contact with the dramatic face of life and human problems around the world. The two natures live in me and never abandon me. My films might reflect this personality unconsciously.

Lina Wertmüller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I was around some of my friends, and we say dumb stuff together, in our minds, it’s playful. That sounds ignorant but that’s really where it came from. And it’s wrong.

Morgan Wallen

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I was around some of my friends, and we just... we say dumb stuff together, and it was -- in our minds, it's playful... that sounds ignorant, but it -- that's really where it came from... and it's wrong.

Morgan Wallen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We have regularly observed both species interacting peacefully in foraging trees. Our colleagues from Congo even witnessed playful interactions between the two great ape species.

Simone Pika

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This breed's playful, alert and smart temperament make it a popular choice for both current and potential dog owners.

Gina DiNardo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Al ot of playful and funny singing, our dog Nala, every time I sing, she starts to sing as well. So even our dog sings, which is hilarious.

Cephas Jones

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They are really kind of utilizing the concept of a vehicle for safety rules, no one else can be inside your car, keep hands inside the vehicle,keep your mask on when you get out of your car. Its a way to make them feel playful rather than imprisoned.

Patricia Dovi

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Human sperm figured out if they roll as they swim, much like playful otters corkscrewing through water, their one-sided stroke would average itself out, and they would swim forwards, the rotation of the sperm is something that is very important. It's something that allows the sperm to regain a symmetry and actually be able to go straight.

Hermes Gadelha

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Cheerio and Elvis were loving and playful together, cheerio would even be quite flirtatious at times, like any cat. Cheerio has been here since she was pretty young, so shes always been used to our dogs.

Corrinne Minard

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We were doing something a bit silly and playful, and that's part of science. You never know what you might find.

Peter Dodds

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We were just so relieved, she's happy and playful and just doing normal things again, but we still have to keep our guard up.

Molly Hughes

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Polo has shifted from just the sports to a fashion statement, for me it is something fun, something playful, something whimsical, something comfortable ... a bit of color, a bit of pop.

Mudrakat Alabi-Macfoy

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

For me it is something fun, something playful, something whimsical, something comfortable ... a bit of color, a bit of pop.

Mudrakat Alabi-Macfoy

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Amanda is embarrassed and ashamed this happened and sincerely apologizes to hotel security and the Las Vegas Police Department, amanda is a gentle, respectful person who has never gotten physical with anyone under any circumstance. That evening she had a few drinks at a bachelorette party and when hotel security asked her and Bobby to quiet down, she got a bit rambunctious. Amanda gave Bobby what she thought was a playful shove ; hotel security did their job and reported the incident to the police, who in turn did their job. Despite Bobby explaining this was not an ill-intended shove, the police still had to do their job, which Amanda completely respects and understands.

Steve Honig

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I’m a show off!, Doesn’t mean that I’m settled off. When you bypass everything, There isn’t anything. I got stranded, played and cheated, Yet, I’m here playing hard hearted! I may be a pessimist, Still, no point being realistic. Never it’s love or lust, It’s always, a playful dust.

MG

added by murali_m
6 years ago

We work with a lot of survivors with Moms Demand Action, and I can’t imagine how they must’ve felt seeing a cavalier, kind of playful tone taken with guns.

Page Rast

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Somehow he had that magic. If you put it on paper you would be appalled, but somehow he had this guileless little thing that he would do – those sparkly eyes. He’d look at you, really playful, like a puppy, all of a sudden. And then he’d grab your t--s and then run away. And somehow he could get away with it. It was the '70s, after all.

Pam Dawber

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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