How to use playful in a sentence

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• He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.From the entry touch
• His writings are both mature and playful, contemplative and punchliney.From the entry punchliney
• It also brings a playful lens to familiar neighbourhoods—reinventing them in ways that 'ludify' urban spaces.2021, Ingrid Richardson, Larissa Hjorth, Hugh Davies, Understanding Games and Game Cultures, page 1871. From the entry ludify
• He was equally cognizant of the "ludic" (playful) component in the rituals of archaic societies.2019, Tom F. Driver, Liberating Rites. From the entry ergonic
• We acknowledge that sometimes playful activities occur within games and gameful activities are part of play.2018, Virkar, Shefali, Parycek, Peter, Edelmann, Noella, Proceedings of the International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2018, page 239. From the entry gameful
• By turns she could be goofy and serious, playful and big-sisterly stern.2015, Guy Vanderhaeghe, “Koenig & Company”, in Daddy Lenin and Other Stories, McClelland & Stewart. From the entry big-sisterly
• Her manner was not unlike her outfit: forthright, unaffected, a little playful.2010 September 5, Charles McGrath, “Single, and singular, women become her”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry pedal pushers
• “Cheetos is about being playful, it’s about being silly,” Lambeth replies in a thoroughly unsilly tone.2009 May 10, Rob Walker, “Big Cheese”, in New York Times. From the entry unsilly
• Cats are active and playful, therefore entertaining to play with and watch.2005, Cynthia K Chandler, Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling. From the entry lap cat
• Over time (seven years), the growling has evolved into a more playful behavior.2001 July 7, FurPaw, “Rhodesian Ridgeback.”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2025. From the entry kissie
• One can deride the playful, game-like character of cybernavigation, the illusion of the virtual world.2000, Rem Koolhaas, et al: Mutations. From the entry cybernavigation
• Heidegger apparently was blind to the gayful, playful, frolicking, dancing aspects of Nietzsche's writings.2000, Ḥayim Gordon, Dwelling Poetically. From the entry gayful
• The acting is purposefully playful and bad, the sets are pseudo-gothic designs sketched on white walls sheets.1990 August 11, M. B., “Peccatum Mutum (The Silent Sin) [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 5, page 16. From the entry clearheaded
• Playful Porpoise leaps into air to snatch food from pretty fisherettes at the “Theater of the Sea.”1950, The Electrical Workers’ Journal, page 31. From the entry fisherette
• Fitzwilliam was of a genial, even playful, disposition, but he had come home brooding and depressed.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry brood
• His voice was playful and full; his back was bent supply.1906, Ford Madox Ford, The fifth queen: and how she came to court, page 68. From the entry supply
• Swift is many things onstage—vulnerable and triumphant, playful and sad—but the intimacy of her songcraft is front and center.2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023. From the entry front and center
• "This particular playful tradition is apparently very common in the Amdo region in Tibet where the Dalai Lama is from."2023 April 25, Murali Krishnan, “The Dalai Lama's 'kiss' controversy”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023…. From the entry Amdo
• BRENDON McCullum has referred to ‘Bazball’, the playful term coined in homage to England’s new Test head coach, as ‘silly’.[2022 July 9, “England's McCullum dismisses ‘Bazball’ as ‘silly’”, in Manchester Evening News, Glasgow, page 41. From the entry Bazball
• His consummate athleticism allows him to be the versatile artist he is: modern or dashing, playful or tragic.2021 March 10, Gia Kourlas, “Ballet Is Hard Enough. What Happens When You Lose a Year?”, in The New York Times. From the entry consummate
• The e-boy is her playful, middle-parted counterpart.2020 February 20, Grace Tucker, “E-boys and E-girls: a new, nonchalant counterculture”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan…. From the entry e-boy
• Even Mario is given childlike mannerisms – running open-armed like a fearless toddler, whooping with delight – to convey playful innocence.2019 May 8, Jon Bailes, “Save yourself! The video games casting us as helpless children”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on…. From the entry childlike
• Gradually they became more colorful, doglike, and somewhat playful.2014, Shelia Hollihan-Elliot, Art and Architecture of China, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry foo dog
• "There was no grip, it was a playful tiff.2013 June 18, Alexandra Topping, Ben Quinn, quoting Charles Saatchi, “Charles Saatchi: accepting police caution was better than the…. From the entry tiff
• In shinny the playful core of hockey is retained, while the overly confining rules and restrictions are discarded.2010, ibidem, page 70. From the entry shinny
• It was more of a playful slap, but I needed you to see the humiliation in full bleeding color.2008, Daniel Allen Cox, Shuck, ReadHowYouWant, page 31. From the entry donkey-punch
• For instance, many entertainers keep attention levels high by using energizers — brief, playful activities that move people around.1996, Training and Development Yearbook, pages 4-21. From the entry entertrainment
• Even the agonal games which began with the ancient Greeks were playful in their singular devotion to deities.1994, Edward Kuhlman, Agony in Education: The Importance of Struggle in the Process of Learning, Bergin & Garvey, page 70. From the entry agonal
• The little petit-larceny punk from Damen and Division and the dealer still got along like a couple playful pups.1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm. From the entry petit larceny
• They turn their attention to the few, more big-eyed than calves and just as playful as twin lambs.1943 April 4, Betty Fible Martin, “They’re All Behind the Plow […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry big-eyed
• Just as soon kill you as not, but in a playful sort of way, you understand, without meaning to at all.1910, Jack London, chapter 11, in Burning Daylight. From the entry cussedness
• Meanwhile, BarbieCore taps into a playful, nostalgic love for all things pink and plastic, blending fashion with a sense of empowerment and self-expression.2024 September 27, Nicole Chan, “Digital subcultures: Why Gen Z finds meaning in the margins”, in The Straits Times, Singapore. From the entry Barbiecore
• Rather, Ana moves between playful bratting and a type of “conquer me” wantedness that good Dominants would respond to with increased control and correction.2020, Jessica M. Kratzer, Communication in Kink, page 43. From the entry brat
• No coorieing up together on cold nights, no playful chases at the end of the working day and certainly no sharing of food.2018 April 30, Lindsey Gibb, C.A. Hope, Perthshire Folk Tales, The History Press, →ISBN. From the entry coorie
• He decided to build a large sculpture modeled on the line that he would call “Redline” — a playful rumination on the idea of censorship.2016 August 26, Javier A. Hernández, “Ai Weiwei Planned to Sculpt a ‘Redline.’ Chinese Censors Say He Crossed One.”, in The New York…. From the entry Yinchuan

Meaning of playful

1. adjective Enjoying play; sportive; prone to playing frequently, in the manner of a child or young pet (viz. puppy or kitten).
2. adjective Funny; humorous; jesty; frolicsome; frisky.
3. adjective Fun; recreational; unserious.

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Questions about playful in a sentence

How do you use playful in a sentence?

Playful is used as an adjective. For example: “Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.”

What is a short sentence with playful?

“John is a playful fellow.”

What does playful mean?

Playful means enjoying play; sportive; prone to playing frequently, in the manner of a child or young pet (viz. puppy or kitten).