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playacting

[ UK /plˈe‍ɪæktɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the performance of a part or role in a drama

How To Use playacting In A Sentence

  • He was more interested in playacting and over-reacting, something we thought he had taken out of his game years ago. The Sun
  • He will have seen a willingness to attack and an absence of playacting, shirt pulling or cynical fouls. Times, Sunday Times
  • It would improve player safety and perhaps reduce the playacting. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hats, of course, were a key element in defining a fisherperson's on-stream image, imparting a quality of costumed playacting to the sport of fly-fishing.
  • There was a lot of playacting in the match. Times, Sunday Times
  • Chase most Gay guys do not have a lisp thing those who do that want to do so as some kind of playacting! Think Progress » “Dogs aren’t born mooing, and people aren’t born gay.”
  • It was quite well done all-round--no weak links in the cast or direction--but what makes it worth $65 is Kline's performance as Falstaff, which is revelatory in the sense that it allows Shakespeare's words to shine through clearly without additional "playacting" on his part. Fun at Lincoln Center.
  • It was quite well done all-round--no weak links in the cast or direction--but what makes it worth $65 is Kline's performance as Falstaff, which is revelatory in the sense that it allows Shakespeare's words to shine through clearly without additional "playacting" on his part. Fun at Lincoln Center.
  • A man could get very confused from this kind of playacting — I don't know how you do it, Renoux. Mistborn
  • This was not tourist playacting, but a community exploring its own talents without a shred of irony. Times, Sunday Times
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