play with yourself

Examples of playing

playing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

However, both players receive the highest payoff by both playing their first or second strategy.
Not only primates and cetaceans, but also other long-lived mammals, like elephants, have females playing active (crucial) post-reproductive roles.
Not surprisingly, language and culture are playing important roles in the struggle to reclaim the land.
But his past argues that he might not be playing things straight.
Whether children are playing, or learning language or math skills, they are also receiving training in executive function skills at the same time.
Two different trained coders rated all of the children's responses separately for the drawing and the playing scenarios.
Non-verbal cooperation was employed when the group was engaged in playing together and included musical and visual cues.
They are mainly non-verbal and all three are primarily concerned with the experience of playing.
Prior to the first session, we asked each participant to think of a specific area of their playing or performance they wanted to improve.
As such it is a practical guide which yields considerable insight into the culture and craft of orchestral playing.
Creative children are often learning and thinking when they appear to be playing around, often in manipulative or exploratory activities.
What is required, therefore, is a 'level playing field' in the sense of an equality of opportunity for demonstrating the use of skills.
The most popular activity was playing a musical instrument (17%), followed by dancing (12%).
The stages of house design reflect different stages of the power politics and game playing.
I also conceived that the principle of broken up light playing on a photo-electric cell would be the best means of making it practical.
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