Sentence examples for low-key wit from inspiring English sources

The objects' inner assemblages often looked as if they had been taken straight from the street and stacked, in a kind of controlled recycling characterized by low-key wit, lively inventiveness and a subtle eye for metaphor.

Anderson got Murray to channel his outrageous sense of humor into low-key wit and contemplative bewilderment, in a performance that was a perfect match for the italicized delivery that Anderson elicited from Schwartzman.

A stumble through the New Zealand woods with a plump city teenager and an outwardly gruff outdoorsman proves to be an unassuming little treat, filled with the kind of good-natured, low-key wit that Kiwi comedy seems to do so well.

Furthermore, Gilbert positively critiqued Carter's writing and directing, saying he "keeps his balance between drama, low-key humor, [and] allusive wit".

With "Let Me In" the director demonstrates, in addition to impressive horror movie chops, a delicate sensitivity and a low-key visual wit.

Moreover, the oddly realistic Pokémon characters, including a super-cute furry Pikachu (voiced with a certain low-key droll wit courtesy of Ryan Reynolds), proved heavily meme-able.

Tsujihara's low-key personality and quick wit were also seen by Bewkes as a better fit for the studio going forward.

His low-key style and sharp wit also seemed to play well with voters, as did his penchant for the unexpected: He once ended a news conference touting progress in cleaning up Boston's polluted Charles River by diving fully clothed into the waterway.

Low-key melancholy is intercut with sparks of hopeful wit.

They are serious and low-key in demeanor, and they share a dry, bittersweet wit that sometimes takes awhile to sneak up on you, even on the page.

At a small session at the liberal Netroots Nation conference last August, the 68-year-old Inslee displayed a low-key confidence and command of the issues, with the kind of self-deprecating wit that can be effective disarming critics.