low-keyed

Example Sentences

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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

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