low-keyed
Example Sentences
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Seldom, though, has a guidebook to prosody ever been so sprightly, so much fun to read, with deeply knowledgeable insights gingered throughout with low-keyed humor.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022
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
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
Behind the closed door of Judge Saxon's office low-keyed, monotonous voices were talking, and a secret conference was going on.
From The Wishing Moon by Dutton, Louise Elizabeth
