Sentence examples for designed to play down from inspiring English sources

Standard's quiet approach, designed to play down expectations, is the smarter one.

The meeting was also attended by Steven T. Florio, chief executive of Conde Nast, an appearance that was apparently designed to play down stories of hostility between him and Ms. Brown.

Vienna, July 12 (Reuters) - Major issues remain unresolved in the Iran nuclear talks, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday in a comment that appeared designed to play down speculation that an agreement was imminent.

Disaster education, mainly in the form of jolly cartoons, seems designed to play down the dangers.

The V&A collection of bustle pads includes a piece created for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, designed to play music whenever she sat down.

But the program is not designed to play complete tunes.

Both those songs are designed to bring down the house.

When American Machine & Foundry bought Harley in 1969, it tried to play down Harley's renegade reputation, rolling out badly designed, smaller bikes to compete with Japanese motorcycle makers.

Brown tried to play down the punishment.

Officials here tend to play down the psychosocial explanations.

Manuel tried to play down the severity of this injury.