Sentence examples for play it down from inspiring English sources

Talk it up or play it down?

I think they will try to play it down".

Much as he tries to play it down, there is something undeniably special about the occasion.

"He tries to play it down but I know there's a hunger there.

"I'm trying to play it down, but it's amazing to have that next to your name," he said.

Hungarian officials tried to play it down, noting that Mr Juncker had joked with many national leaders at the summit.

Jouyet tried to play it down, claiming it was "just a technical job, during France's EU presidency".

The sixth ball is short, and has Bell popping up on hit tip-toes to play it down to earth.

In the initial post-match interviews Venables did his best to play it down, but it was pointless.

The authorities were keen to play it down as Kurdish intra-clan violence but the details of who did what and why remain murky.

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