low-keyed

Example Sentences

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“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

Atmosphere A low-ceilinged and low-keyed Brooklyn tavern with few overtly Mexican gestures apart from the culinary mural on the wall.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2018

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

As a conversationalist, he can be low-keyed to the point of dullness: speaking softly in a slow-paced, emotionless voice, he relies heavily on short sentences, long pauses, and an abundance of "ums" and "uhs."

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max