Sentence examples for somewhat played from inspiring English sources

Because the BBC, during its current licence fee and charter renewal renegotiations with the government, has faced allegations of imperial expansionism and galloping commercialism, the launch of BBC Store has been somewhat played down.

In contrast to Jackson's first biographer, Judy Oppenheimer, whose 1988 book, "Private Demons," somewhat played up Jackson's alleged occult powers, Franklin argues that Jackson's sorceress persona was mostly shtick: a fun way to tease interviewers and to sell books.

The benefit of the wide-angle is that it can allow a remote viewer to see more of a conference room, concert, or other environment at once; PanaCast achieves this without the fisheye effect common (and getting somewhat played out in) action cameras such as those from GoPro and Contour.

Tanuwijaya somewhat diplomatically played down the rivalry and any rift, insisting that there is no impact on its business.

I wish one could delete from the record his early review of Orson Welles (somewhat implausibly) playing Othello in London, as "Citizen Coon".

The women, dressed in short black dresses (designed by Alla Eisenberg), bounced on beveled ankles with fierceness; the men, in black crop-tops and high-waisted knee-length tights, were somewhat coyer, playing the diva moments for laughs.

The BBC One drama, based on Slater's best-selling memoir, sees her, somewhat confusingly, play a character named Joan Potter.

It is somewhat like playing Ping-Pong in the ruins of Palmyra or croquet on the Acropolis.

Somewhat inexplicably, Rubio played directly into the attack by repeating the same line at least four times in response.

Aquilina, somewhat unexpectedly, has played a role perhaps as instrumental as Raisman's in promoting the voices of affected women.

And although Iowa officials played somewhat coy when reports of vote-counting discrepancies first emerged, they ultimately looked into them carefully.