Sentence examples for to playing down from inspiring English sources

They correspond to playing down this way, that's (down, right) and (up, left) playing up this way.

More important, in addition to playing down their personal rivalry, they have shown a willingness to set aside corporate rivalries within Sony.

Kelefa Sanneh cites Bob Dylan as Exhibit A when it comes to playing down vocal virtuosity ["The Sweet Sounds of Really Bad Singing," Jan . 18]

Barely anything of the source material remained and, rather than creating something unique, Hollywood resorted to playing down the zombie aspect; instead splicing together two genres it already knows: the contagion thriller and the disaster movie.

In the last couple of years, Brexiteers have gone from talking about "the sunlit meadows beyond" EU membership, to playing down their plans to deal with dystopia.

Brown tried to play down the punishment.

Officials here tend to play down the psychosocial explanations.

Manuel tried to play down the severity of this injury.

Initially, the Hayworth campaign sought to play down the comments.

Goldman itself has sought to play down the practice.

Qayum Karzai sought to play down the ambush.