low-keyed

Example Sentences

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“He was humble. You can see him praying. He’s low-keyed, peaceful. When he was praying, he was praying alone,” to the side of the small prayer group.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022

“I feel like it’s a whole team, and this couldn’t be done without all the other players,” said Wang, who in typical fashion low-keyed his contributions.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

Nevertheless, Harriott’s tone was more low-keyed than the one he’d adopted before the Booker T. game.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 1, 2017

Or maybe it will be Pharrell Williams, who low-keyed his way to scoring a much-coveted singer Monday, a vocalist Levine called “the greatest singer in the show’s history and the most beautiful.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2015

Her voice was slightly monotonous, but low-keyed: as she spoke her hands clasped and unclasped each other.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various