low-key

Example Sentences

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"Three years ago, everything we were making was white metal, people liked that low key, less bright yellow look. I think customers thought it was underplaying it."

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

“The F.B.I. intends for the execution of the warrant to be handled in a professional, low key manner,” he wrote, “and to be mindful of the optics of the search.”

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

And though he is trying to stay low key, he acknowledged he is indeed having a moment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

"Before 2016, people thought visits here should be low key," says Chen Fang-Yu.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

He always kept things low key before a race, and the boys spent the morning dozing, playing cards, and shooting the bull.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown