Sentence examples for played it down from inspiring English sources

The Cosby Show did not ignore its characters' colour, but famously played it down, at Cosby's insistence, on the basis that a well-to-do African-American family – father a doctor, mother a lawyer, children in college – ought to be both plausible and unremarkable.

"But I thought I played it down!

He played it down, Mr. Shays recalled, characterizing it as humdrum desk work.

The Israeli authorities have played it down, in an attempt to avoid confrontation.

But he played it down in public, saying it was part of the annual budget process.

Downing Street played it down, insisting that the visit was not logistically possible.

Talk it up or play it down?

She tends to play it down now.

I think they will try to play it down".

He plays it down when I mention it.

Asked about that characterisation, McBride plays it down.