Sentence examples for incident down from inspiring English sources

Although players and coaches tried to play the incident down, the words dealt with touchy subjects.

He put each incident down to a momentary loss of control but added that he quickly realised what he was doing and pulled away.

US military officials tried to play the incident down, saying Iran did not have the technology to decipher the drone's secrets, and President Barack Obama asked the Islamic republic to return the Sentinel.

"This happened because I tried to cut corners," said Akiyesi in a statement released by the Overcomers Church, putting the "ugly incident" down to a spot of absent-minded admin.

Then Mr Kim played the incident down.

Syrian officials expressed outrage and vowed revenge, but the state-controlled press played the incident down.

Doctors dealt with an estimated 313,000 violent incidents, down 11% in a year, the Cardiff University study said.

It eventually was; he went on to win the match, and the incident went down in chess lore as Toiletgate.

The incident shut down portions of portions of Mission Street in the city, but the disruption caused no accidents or other problems, the police said.

The incident shut down traffic for some time on the Major Deegan, delaying the start of the afternoon Yankee game, officials said.

The flagpole incident shut down as the six month standoff ended.