Sentence examples for underplay of from inspiring English sources

The effect was surreal and even discomforting, suggesting an underplay of the Freudian thoughts and serious issues that have previously touched the designer's runway.

At the time, this underplaying of a central historical moment seemed wrong to me.

Partly this was a result of Gergiev's underplaying of the heightened individuality of Berlioz's writing.

The underplaying of a competitor's story is nothing new in journalism but unfortunate nonetheless, given what's at stake for citizens.

The gingery Pegg is never going to challenge Gael García Bernal as a successor to Rudolph Valentino, but his amiable underplaying of catastrophe is judged to a tee.

Gervais's mannered characterisation stands in uncomfortable contrast to the underplaying of the rest of the cast (including Gervais's mate Karl Pilkington, who is actually very good as Dougie the caretaker).

It was a relatively rare instance of the underplaying of political subtext at the Public, both in Monday evening's lineup and in the theatre's programming more generally.

It was made more brilliant by the continued underplaying of its own brilliance, as if everyone involved knows they're doing something hilarious but it would be a bit un-British to crow about it.

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Yet Marcus's struggles, which affect Troy's home life with his strict ex-Marine father (Billy Campbell), push Mr. Wysocki, already underplaying, out of our focus.

Activists even accused the BBC of underplaying coverage of Andy Murray's achievements, failing to display Scotland to size on weather maps and failing to sufficiently report on independence movements elsewhere in the world.