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Division design was one of these features that we have always toyed with when it comes to the Hearts of Iron series, so why add it now?

When he entered Towson High School, Michael toyed with the idea of going out for football, and later played on the golf team.

I toyed with the idea of contacting him; I had a bizarre desire to help.

Bah! You gnats actually hurt me. Perhaps I've toyed with you long enough. Now. . . taste the vengeance of the grave!

He toyed with the idea of coupling it with a plea to bring the various inquiries to an end so as not to increase out foreign policy perils.

So often, folks (lots of women) tell me that they've got a great idea for a novel, or a project they've toyed with for a long time.

Sharapova trailed throughout and she seemed thrown by strong gusts that toyed with her high ball toss.

While she was talking to me, she toyed with a pencil.

Some firms have toyed with the idea of charging obese travellers for two seats, but it is not a practice that has taken off industry-wide.

The Fed toyed with nominal GDP in the past when it was searching for something more stable to target than the money supply.

Nearby, just past a couple deep kissing in the grass, a man toyed with the buttons of his paramour's blouse.

He toyed with the idea of writing a " Faust " opera but later lit on the idea of treating it as an oratorio .

She toyed with a pencil, brooding on something like a hen.

America's Census Bureau has toyed with the idea of using data derived from analyses of household rubbish to adjust its survey data.

Perhaps I've toyed with you long enough!

She toyed with what remained on her plate.

At high school he toyed with joining the marines but had to change his plans after a fall in which he broke both arms.

She toyed with her pencil while she listened on the phone.

In September, 1940, I had toyed with the idea of giving him a far greater scope .

Maybe you've toyed with the idea of becoming an entrepreneur and working for yourself.

The bored girl toyed with her hair.

Necromancy is perhaps the most powerful of all magics, but not one to be toyed with or taken lightly.

Tobacco groups have toyed with the idea for 50 years but with no serious breakthroughs from either a health or a business perspective.

The idea is similar to a design that Boeing once toyed with.

Some have occasionally toyed with this thought.

The Prince kissed his lovely bride and she toyed with his black hair, and arm in arm they went to rest in their splendid tent.

I toyed with the wrist strap on the camera, wondering about the first picture on the roll.

and not something to be toyed with or used in a teaching setting.

Finally, I wish you all happy toyed with.

China has repeatedly toyed with export tariffs and quota cuts since 2006.

The man who toyed with crocodiles, was scared shitless of hippos.

In the 1970s Britain toyed with the idea of building a big new airport in the Thames estuary to the east of London.

He toyed with the idea of writing a play.

I'm aware of all the arguments, and have even toyed with making elastic layouts.

George toyed with the idea of buying a car.

We toyed with the item for almost a day trying all twists and turns but we can't find a way to lock the item safely.

Tsang's predecessor toyed with a plan for a new goods-and-services tax amid dire warnings of a shortage of funds;

Prior to 1983, a few academics had toyed with economics and markets, but as intellectual curiosities;

She crumpled her bread and toyed with the various meats put before her,

Toyed with the idea of writing a play. See Synonyms atflirt