Sentence examples similar to downplaying one's own from inspiring English sources

This approach can lead one to downplay or repress one's own emotions.

Obama's aides said Sunday they expect Indiana to be close, downplaying Obama's own earlier suggestion that the state would be the race's "tiebreaker".

Sometimes at one's own risk.

to recognize one's own emotional experience.

Presumption in one's own personal salvation.

But downplaying the Catholic Church's own wrongdoing is not an effective response on any level, analysts say.

This is not just "a Catholic problem". But downplaying the Catholic Church's own wrongdoing is not an effective response on any level, analysts say.

Meanwhile, speaking at the company's mobile strategy day yesterday, Alibaba Group COO Daniel Zhang downplayed Alibaba's own retail strength (which will mean that it would compete against any app built on its platform), describing Alibaba's "mature e-commerce infrastructure and capacity" and the company's new and open approach to working with third-party developers.

Politically speaking, his "common good" theme has a sound defensive side: Moving the subject away from abortion, sexual orientation and gay marriage could also downplay the church's own controversial record on matters of priestly behavior.

While Suu Kyi — now "state counselor" and Myanmar's de facto leader — condemned ARSA during her speech, she downplayed the military's own atrocities.

Excuse one's own failings?