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Sentences starting with played

Played on by ancient maestros until the bow-hand lost its power and the flying fingers stiffened. [6]

Sentences ending with played

Who were those with whom I played? [12]
I cannot tell who is losing in games that are being played. [5]
But my game was only half played. [4]
She was only seventeen, yet she seemed the woman of thirty whose role she played. [9]
I could have owned the business to-day, if I'd played the game as he thought it ought to be played. [11]
The curtain had not yet risen and the overture was being played. [2]
She never sang nor played. [6]
To me what matter that the players played! [11]
Dan was to mark while the doctor and I played. [5]
And Henderson sat looking into the fire and musing, with the feeling that he had been at the theatre, and that the comedy had been beautifully played. [4]

Short sentences using played

Have I played the game? [11]
They played on silently. [11]
Each at first played warily. [11]
Who played the parts? [11]
Was it played out? [11]
Gush was played out. [6]
And I'm played out. [13]
He was played out, quite. [11]
I played the limit! [5]
The last role is played. [2]

Sentences containing played two or more times

Then he played the Intermezzo; that was for Susy; then he played the Largo; that was for their mother. [5]
He played with the incommunicable, the inconceivable, the absolute, the antinomies, as he would have played with a bundle of jack-straws. [6]
I remember that the Convention ordered the placing of these hemicycles in the garden, and they were executed from Robespierre's designs; but I suppose I am the only person who ever saw the games played that were expected to be played before them. [4]
At night, by the camp-fire, we played euchre and seven-up to strengthen the mind--and played them with cards so greasy and defaced that only a whole summer's acquaintance with them could enable the student to tell the ace of clubs from the jack of diamonds. [5]
No matador ever played with the horns of a mad bull as Ferrol played his deadly game with Michael, the dancing bear. [11]
He has not played such a role for England and its neighbors as Bismarck has played for Germany and the Continent, but he has been one of the most powerful influences in molding English action. [4]
The music throbbed; nay, the musicians seemed suddenly to have been carried out of themselves, and played as they had not played before. [9]
I recall a gasp when they told me they played for rouleaux of ten pounds each, but I took out my pocket-book as boldly as tho' I had never played for less, and laid my stake upon the board. [9]
One, whose offence for which he had been sold was an overfondness for his wife, played the fiddle almost continually, and the others danced, sang, cracked jokes, and played various games with cards from day to day. [7]
When things were at their worst I played to save that five millions,--her stake and mine,--I played for that. [11]

More example sentences with the word played in them

She has played your game handsomely--I've been in her confidence. [11]
I'd made sure you'd played hookey and been a-swimming. [5]
He played sneak with the daughter of Five Fingers, an Injin chief. [11]
He played, indeed, with the cocksureness and individuality one might have expected; and Honora, forgetting at moments the disturbing elements by which she was surrounded, followed him with fascination. [9]
The tune, played with precision and in exact time, began to thrill in the hearts of Nicholas and Natasha, arousing in them the same kind of sober mirth as radiated from Anisya Fedorovna's whole being. [2]
So he played with him every time he got a chance. [5]
Peter played backgammon with her on the front steps, and later on--chess. [9]
She had played with fire, from the very spirit of adventure in her, but she had not been burnt. [11]
True, the simpletons who were so madly in love with her, and with whom she played so cruelly, would have believed her capable of anything sooner than such kindness. [10]
The reckless Lesbian who had favoured Hermon at the last Dionysia had played pranks with him madly enough, but then had suddenly vanished. [10]
The imprudent game which she had played with King Caesarion had unfortunately roused the people against her. [10]
The tender smile which played on his features filled her soul with the certainty that he would vouchsafe to be gracious; nay, she could believe that he moved those marble lips and promised to grant her prayer. [10]
Of the part which Enderby had played Lord Rippingdale said no more to the King than this: "Sir John Enderby was of these gentlemen who saved your Majesty's life. [11]
All I did when we played together was to try to win your applause. [9]
Who ever inquires what manner of youths they were; and whether they slept with Jesus, played with him and romped about him; quarreled with him concerning toys and trifles; struck him in anger, not suspecting what he was? [5]
The elementary schools were strictly ruled, and the rod played so large a part in them, that a pedagogue could record this saying: "The scholar's ears are at his back: when he is flogged then he hears. [10]
Their wildest curses were for Alexander, the painter, who in fact had played the spy for you. [10]
Excitement and adventure were as the breath of life to him, and since he had played his little part at the Jersey battle in a bandbox eleven years before, he had touched hands with accidents of flood and field in many countries. [11]
At first you were almost always thinking of her and what a fine woman she was, and because everyone admired her, you played the peacock, too. [11]
This lady," Orpheus went on--he not only played the flute but took the higher parts for a man's voice and could also strike the lyre--"desired us to go to her later at her own house, where she would speak with us. [10]
We played it well, but not as well as you see it here, for you see it done by practically trained professionals. [5]
Everything had gone well, and he knew that his part had been played with some aplomb--natural, instinctive. [11]
And it was well they did, for they put us Clemenses in the front seat, and if they played it poorly I would have assaulted them. [5]
And so for weeks and weeks we played hide-and-seek with each other. [11]
For several weeks we played whist with him every evening, for Liebig, like so many other scholars, regarded card-playing as the best recreation after severe tension of the mind. [10]
So with him we have played that game which has vanquished so many guides for us --imbecility and idiotic questions. [5]
As it is we have played at war--that's what's vile! [2]
By three o'clock we found it was no use, and so we got up and played cribbage and smoked pipes till sunrise. [5]
We found the way without any trouble, reached there before sundown, played three games of cribbage, borrowed a dug-out and pulled back six miles to the upper camp. [5]
I see I was up a stump again, so I played another chicken bone and got another think. [5]
Now the letter was to say that they had both played him false; the former in obedience to the stern behest of his father, the town-councillor; the second by reason that his Duke commanded his attendance. [10]
The man who was the worst hurt of all played chess while waiting to see this engagement. [5]
Then resuming] It was so fresh and enjoyable to make up a new set of words each time that I played the part. [5]
The Widow's gambit was played, and she had not won the game. [6]
A third joke was played upon Nicodemus a day or two later--he walked up the middle aisle of the village church, Sunday night, with a staring handbill pinned between his shoulders. [5]
The fourth act was not played that night. [11]
The adaptation, however, was lacking in much, and though Miss Marie Burroughs and Maurice Barrymore played in it, success did not attend its dramatic life. [11]
During all these visits he had scarcely a word to say, though he watched her and played absent-mindedly with Fay. [13]
Why had he--Captain Vidall--kept out of the way all these weeks, just when she needed him most, just when he should have played the part of a man? [11]
But she would very often come with me and watch me as I played there. [11]
None save a very few conspirators knew how great a part it played in the plan to break the government of Ireland and to ruin England's position in the land. [11]
She smiled a vacuous smile; she played "the lady" terribly, as, with a curious conception of dignity, she held her body stiff as a ramrod, and with a prim merci sailed into the street. [11]
Patti sang to us, and a tenor, and a violinist played for us. [6]
A smile played upon her lips as she perceived young Hermas, who had already been for some time leaning motionless against the wall of the house opposite, and devouring with his gaze the figure of the beautiful young woman. [10]
The firelight played upon a dark, disappointed face--a doomed, prematurely old face, as it seemed to the factor. [11]
The sun was up, and the clouds were being chased, like miscreants who have played their prank, and were now running for it. [9]
The Emperors rode up to the flank, and the trumpets of the first cavalry regiment played the general march. [2]
I played it, up there, because I felt disrespectful to them. [8]
We was dressed up fine, and we played it on them in broad daylight. [5]
Then he glanced up at her with a grave quizzical look as though wondering what would be the effect of his next words, and a smile played at his lips. [11]
The orchestra played until the curtain was ready to go up for the first time, then they departed for the evening. [5]
Whenever I got uncommon tired I played hookey, and the hiding I got next day done me good and cheered me up. [5]
Between twelve and two o'clock, as the day was mapped out, the prince rested and the princess played the clavichord. [2]
I was of two minds to announce the scurvy trick he had played, but saw that I would lose rather than gain by the attempt. [9]
He had some touch of wit, some biting observation, and, as he neared the place of the encounter, he played upon the coming event with a mordant frivolity. [11]
The universe was tottering because a woman had played him false. [11]
I knew he took me for a detective, so I played the part. [9]
He gave me to understand that popguns were played out, but that he had got a squirt and a whip, and considered himself better off than before. [6]
The river-driver chose to spend his idle hours in crude, rough sprightliness; the salmon-fisher loved to lie upon the shore and listen to the village story-teller,--almost official when successful,--who played upon the credulity and imagination of his listeners. [11]
What I wanted to see was a dervish, because I was interested in dervishes on accounts of the one that played the trick on the camel-driver. [5]
He was going to play to the masterful Gorgio, and he would play as he had never played before. [11]
And I said to myself, "The public don't want any more of this thing: it is played out. [4]
Rameri went up to him, touched his shoulders and said: "We have played the game, and now must bear the consequences for good and for evil. [10]
It was counted to him as a devil's incantation, the music that he played that night, remembering his promise to Dicky Donovan. [11]
Twice, in order to get inside the palace of a monarch for a purpose--once in Berlin and once in London--he had played the second violin in a Tzigany orchestra. [11]
They were trying to decide upon the game to be played in the afternoon. [10]
Hugh begged us to come up, and there didn't seem to be any reason why we shouldn't, so we telephoned down to Banbury for our trunks and maids, and we've played bridge all the way. [9]
The game had to be played, and won, and the winner had to sacrifice his pawns. [11]
At the same time they had to balk the hated chief of the city guards and his menials of their immediate prey; but they had played them a trick or two ere now. [10]
Why is the thunder silent, and where are the lightnings that played round the peak of Sinai? [10]
The moonlight pierced through the solemn foliage of the sycamores, and shimmering streaks and rings of light played in the branches, on the trunks, and on the dark ground. [10]
I have often thought with regret on the pranks I played him. [9]
It was with this man--Leonard Mallow, eldest son of Lord Mallow--that Dyck, with three others, played cards one afternoon. [11]
Toll, who in this battle played the part of Weyrother at Austerlitz, galloped assiduously from place to place, finding everything upside down everywhere. [2]
But do not think, Robert, that for one instant I was sorry I played a part, and have done so for a long year and more. [11]
For a half-hour they played in silence, the slight, delicate-featured half-breed, and the mysterious man who had for so long been a thing of wonder in the North, a weird influence among the Indians. [11]
At length, when they had played a great many rubbers and drawn pretty freely upon the case-bottle, Mr Quilp warned his lady to retire to rest, and that submissive wife complying, and being followed by her indignant mother, Mr Swiveller fell asleep. [12]
The speakers whom they had heard were two men, who had a pack of cards and some silver money between them, while upon the screen itself the games they had played were scored in chalk. [12]
If it stays there till the inning is played out, it will count as many points in the game as the figure in the square it has stopped in represents. [5]
Of course, if their wills came into conflict, there could be but one thing--the young man must yield; or, if he played the fool, there must be an end. [11]
Next they got their marbles and played "knucks" and "ring-taw" and "keeps" till that amusement grew stale. [5]
That is much the way with politics, when it is played fair. [11]
For she saw the trick that had been played upon her--the river lay between us and Orleans. [5]
We played with the train in the same way. [5]
With three times the population, how often is 'Hamlet' played now in a year? [5]
Two pleasing dimples, the places for which were just marked when she came, played, shadowy, in her freshening cheeks when she smiled and nodded good-morning to me from the school-house-steps. [6]
She went to the piano, played over a few bars of Thais, and dropped her hands listlessly. [9]
Marion nodded over the piano at the men, and presently played a snatch of Carmen, then wandered off into the barbaric strength of Tannhauser, and as suddenly again into the ballet music of Faust. [11]
Terry now played the part with a naturalness and force which soon lifted the play away from the farcical element introduced into it by those who had interpolated the gibes at himself. [11]
It has played the part of the unwedded priest, who marries a pair without taking a fee or having any further relation with the parties. [3]
I have played the part of the "Poor Gentleman," before a great many audiences, --more, I trust, than I shall ever face again. [6]
We were of the old Florentine nobility"--Rowena's heart gave a great bound, her nostrils expanded, and a fine light played in her eyes--"and when the war broke out, my father was on the losing side and had to fly for his life. [5]
Some touch of the mysterious, some sweet fantastical melody in all he played, charmed them, even when he gave them old familiar airs. [11]
It swept across the island, levelled forests of cocoa palms, battered villages to pieces, caught that little fleet in the harbour, and played with it in a horrible madness. [11]
He had been the immediate cause, fated or accidental, of the destined breach between Leicester and herself; he had played a significant part in her own life. [11]
He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life. [11]
I don't defend the game of politics as it is played, Mr. Wetherell, but all of us who are friends of Jethro's are generally willing to lend a hand in any little manoeuvre that is going on, and have a practical joke when we can. [9]
Antyllus's bouquet, and the damage to the clay statue of Eros, had played a prominent part in the conversation between the three, and rendered Archibius's task easier. [10]
True, Bissonnette played the concertina with passing sweetness, and sang as little like a wicked smuggler as one might think. [11]
In front of the booths, drums were beaten and instruments played in bewildering discord. [4]

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