There is sooo much more to do in life than playact. From Wordnik.com. [Collect Call From Coruscant] Reference
It was hard to playact that kind of righteous, helpless pain. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
There are situations in which people are condemned to playact. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]
To playact the role would inevitably put the idea into every sailor's mind. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
Being little, I used to playact my own scenes to them, right in my brother's bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [Music Sweet Music] Reference
While taking one's time increased the pleasure, it hardly seemed necessary to playact as well. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved]
I wanted to playact a grown-up relationship just like other kids would playact being a doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Unbearable Lightness] Reference
It seemed that destiny was bent on denying her that simple dream, so she was forced to playact it. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness]
He was telling her through the look in his eyes that she must playact at the present and do as he wanted. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Desire]
It reflected the cocky, swaggering, rough-tough cowboy image of someone who likes to playact at being a "real man.". From Wordnik.com. [Robert S. McElvaine: "Bring 'Em On!" - The Fifth Anniversary of Bush's Declaration of Indecency] Reference
But not so strong she forgot that Gill-man was a snake watching his prey, and even Sandra had to playact to escape being eaten alive. From Wordnik.com. [So Hard To Forget]
She could playact all she wanted, and craft any script she wanted, but down underneath she knew it wasn't real, because he wasn't real. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
Everyone would follow the process from a greater or lesser distance, and she would be forced to playact before them all; instead of being Sabina, she would have to act the role of Sabina, decide how best to act the role. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]
Said to present "characters and tableaus from the Wild West," it often asks AAADT's dignified dancers to playact foolishly through a confused and contrived series of situations drawn from the world of cowboys, often bobbing around on cutesy hobbyhorses. From Wordnik.com. [Two Modern Dance Revivals] Reference
But in McCain vs. Obama — the first general election matchup in 56 years that will not include a sitting president or vice president — two senators with minimal executive experience seem to be falling all over themselves to playact the role of president. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Word: Focus on the Economy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
It's only then that the first genuine sparkle appears in the film, as Tracy and her sophisticated young sister Dinah Virginia Weidler, in one of those annoyingly precocious little kid roles playact before the befuddled journalists, hoping to present a super-exaggerated portrait of the society lifestyle for their benefit. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
It's probably best to playact with this Star Trek Tricorder in the privacy of your own home. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Wahlberg, born in the gritty Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, will portray Ward and Bale will playact Eklund. From Wordnik.com. [Elites TV] Reference
But I do hope there's a Great Congress in the Sky, where you can playact the fight for "truth and justice the American way.". From Wordnik.com. [Examiner California Headlines] Reference
“two senators with minimal executive experience seem to be falling all over themselves to playact the role of president.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Word: Focus on the Economy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Just as children sometimes playact their idea of what a real grownup person might do, I think sometimes Dexter approaches some grownup dynamics. From Wordnik.com. Reference
For anyone who has not yet learned how deftly politicians lie and playact, watch Ignatieff and Bob Rae talk about how Dion is their leader while trying not to visibly drool. From Wordnik.com. [YayaCanada] Reference
"What you're getting at," said Sir Henry, "is that this fellow liked to playact -- it wasn't the loot, it was the fun of playing and acting the hold-up. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder Is Announced]
We can playact in all sorts of ways. From Wordnik.com. [Song of My Selves] Reference
But he was mercurial, he loved to playact. From Wordnik.com. [War for the Oaks]
"Do not playact with me. From Wordnik.com. [Oddsfish!] Reference
“Don’t playact, Hilary.”. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
Everybody is acting, in the midst of a movie chock-full of references to other movies in a well-worn genre; in this way, for once, Tarantino has invited his characters up to his level, to allow them to playact and chat about pop culture -- and yeah, simple as it is, one of the best gags in here is how the writer is now doling out period-appropriate rapid-fire references: mountain movies; Pabst; Max Linder -- in a manner analogous to his own creation-via-curation patchwork designs. From Wordnik.com. [The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy] Reference
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