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in the playground vs at the playground

Both 'in the playground' and 'at the playground' are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'In the playground' is used when referring to being physically inside the playground area, while 'at the playground' is used when referring to being in the vicinity or near the playground.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 4384 views

in the playground

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to being physically inside the playground area.

Use 'in the playground' when you want to indicate that someone or something is physically located within the boundaries of the playground.

Examples:

  • The children are playing in the playground.
  • I lost my keys in the playground.
  • There is a beautiful tree in the playground.
  • She loves to swing in the playground.
  • The dog is running around in the playground.
  • I caught a couple of kids drinking in the playground last night.
  • And so you put her in the playground.
  • This mobile phone footage was filmed by a child in the playground.
  • There was a fight in the playground.
  • I remember you kissed me in the playground at Grey Bank Primary.
  • The big girls in the playground said it.
  • See you in the playground at nine.
  • How the years in the playground...
  • When he was eight, he pulled a knife on a kid in the playground.
  • Maybe she left the kid in the playground with one of the other nannies.
  • The right for our sons and daughters to go to school without fear of molestation by a bloodthirsty predator in the playground or in the classroom.
  • That's why you have to teach kids not to take candy from a stranger if they're playing in the playground, because they're such candy idiot moron brains...
  • [Can you tell me why you left your baby in the playground?]
  • How the years in the playground flew by, As we look back over those precious days, Now we part and must say goodbye
  • Bully... ... in the classroom and in the playground,
  • That is for the little boys who compare their brawn in the playground, but not for the citizens.
  • You've got one report of possible toxins in the playground material.
  • There was someone there in the playground that day.
  • He's in the playground right behind me.
  • ) First I go and drop my bag of grass in the playground.

Alternatives:

  • inside the playground
  • within the playground

at the playground

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to being in the vicinity or near the playground.

Use 'at the playground' when you want to indicate that someone or something is located close to the playground but not necessarily inside it.

Examples:

  • We are meeting at the playground.
  • There is a picnic at the playground.
  • She is waiting at the playground.
  • The parents are chatting at the playground.
  • The ice cream truck is parked at the playground.
  • It was an accident at the playground.
  • 'Cause if she was at the playground...
  • I just saw the Greek at the playground.
  • We'll be at the playground drinking beer.
  • We're at the playground, Brian.
  • Katy told me what happened at the playground.
  • And Aiden said at the playground That he smelled beer on Kelly.
  • Anyway, we're all meeting at the playground at 8:00 and heading out, if you want to join.
  • Not unless I can have my old job back, at the playground.
  • My mom left me at the playground while she ran to the store.
  • Did you see a red door at the playground?
  • Then... what about the woman that you were with at the playground?
  • Tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the playground?
  • Then what were you doing at the playground today?
  • Meet us at the playground at the top of the hill.
  • Is this the same Player Named Gus that used to run so hard and so fast in his squishy boots at the playground, that once he tripped and sprained his ding-ding?
  • All the kids at the playground.
  • Noona, someone said they're waiting for you at the playground.
  • Better than being the crazy childless woman who sits at the playground watching the children play.
  • And after only a couple of words from me at the playground this afternoon.

Alternatives:

  • near the playground
  • by the playground

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