low-keyed
Example Sentences
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The intellectuals are logical, emotionally low-keyed, fond of debate, creative.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021
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
From silvered-and-tapestried wall to wall there was life here, low-keyed with excitement in the blend of subdued talk and the shifting artistry of lights and music.
From The Man Who Staked the Stars by Dye, Charles
