Downplay in a sentence

A professional photographer will know how to highlight your home’s strengths and downplay its weak spots.

Asked whether his side can advance further on their current gains after beating City, Emery preferred to downplay the hype currently surrounding his team.

Columbo and Charlie have a lot in common: unpolished and unassuming, they downplay their intelligence and ability as they close in on the suspect.

Don’t be so quick to downplay yourself.

Even though he meant to downplay the situation by using that simile he accidentally nailed it.

His comments almost downplay the gravity of the situation for the club who could exit Europe’s top competition, their return to the Champions League for the first time in two decades, largely because of an unexplainable injury crisis.

However, a hospital official tried to downplay the situation by alleging that most patients were brought in in a critical condition from the neighbouring districts.

However, he warned that the closed-list system tends to downplay geographical links and prioritise the interests of political parties over those of voters.

I certainly do not downplay or minimize the brutal challenges facing our people in terms of the high cost of living, especially regarding the cost of food and other essentials.

I know there are people trying to downplay the Kids/Mask-issue.

It seems puerile and inconsistent with the change in Prime Ministerial tone to downplay the murderous events of the period preceding the call out of the reservists, but that is par for the Government’s deflection course.

It was rather quite amusing to see He of a High Place downplay and whitewash the African migrant saga here in Antigua and Barbuda.

I want to be clear that none of this is to negate or downplay the reality that the holidays can be extremely difficult for those who have experienced loss or trauma.

President Ferdinand Marcos, after meeting Mr. Qin on Saturday, sought to downplay the tensions.

Sonny also witnessed a tense moment between Nina and Anna at one point, but Nina was quick to downplay it and put the focus back on Thanksgiving gratitude.

The recent history of the Labour Party means that any comment which seems to downplay the experiences of Jewish people is toxic, especially when it comes from a prominent figure associated with the Jeremy Corbyn era.

They can get members of the media who are either on the payroll or perhaps someday would like to be to downplay it as something that won’t be used very often.

They report that medical staff don’t listen to them when they complain of symptoms, and dismiss or downplay their concerns.

We don’t mean to downplay the seriousness of Todd’s 12-year stay, but wow — sounds like his conditions could be A LOT worse, to say the least.

Whereas RNC officers and Trump aides downplay that chance, such a transfer may destroy the GOP’s White Home aspirations in 2024 and lift existential questions concerning the get together’s future.