Examples of downplay in a Sentence
Athletes often downplay their injuries.
he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
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Shame on all who want to downplay Caitlin Clark’s part in filling the stadiums.
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Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
By undermining public confidence in potential critics, Trump can downplay their inevitable criticism as illegitimate.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 29 May 2024
Advertisement But the plea agreement tells a more convoluted tale — one that downplays Falaschi’s culpability and raises a host of questions about who, exactly, engineered the water theft, who benefited and how many others were involved.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
Only attention was paid to right-wing extremism, which was also certainly dangerous, and left-wing extremism was downplayed as partners of the Islamists.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 26 May 2024
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Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
By undermining public confidence in potential critics, Trump can downplay their inevitable criticism as illegitimate.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 29 May 2024
Advertisement But the plea agreement tells a more convoluted tale — one that downplays Falaschi’s culpability and raises a host of questions about who, exactly, engineered the water theft, who benefited and how many others were involved.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
Only attention was paid to right-wing extremism, which was also certainly dangerous, and left-wing extremism was downplayed as partners of the Islamists.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 26 May 2024
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“Downplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downplay. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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