low-key
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But I do wonder if him being a low-key character hurts him.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
He never shuts up on the court, but he’s a man of few words off of it, low-key and community-minded and in the top 1% of patient autograph-givers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Mr. Turturro, 69 years old, and Mr. Buscemi, 68, both native New Yorkers, are captivating in a low-key way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
You are a couple of low-key individuals who don’t feel the need to buy flashy cars or post on Instagram about expensive vacations to justify your place in the world.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Like in all those cheesy romance movies that I low-key love.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Dershowitz said Cipollone “brings great judgment and lawyerly skills to the defense of President Trump. He’s very calibrated, very low-keyed and has excellent judgment. It’s exactly what’s needed.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
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
In the book, Cook comes across as low-keyed, easygoing and, toward Trumbo, a bit worshipful, but in the late 1970s he also gave off a slight hipster vibe.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2015
From the bunk house, when he passed, came the murmur of low-keyed voices.
From Rim o' the World by Anton Otto Fischer
"We are low-keying it," Trump told news site Axios by phone Sunday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
For his part, US President Donald Trump said in an interview: "We are low-keying it."
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
If the latter is true, then Mr. Trump’s Sunday remark that “we are low-keying it” may be more sensible than his usual military bluster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We are low-keying it with Iran,” he told a reporter with Axios in a phone call on Sunday, meaning that he’s just waiting for Iran to collapse.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
But is this John holding his cards close to the vest or is Glover merely low-keying his way through this performance, as he's done in other shows?
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
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