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Underplaying is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Underplaying in a sentence

Related words

Underplaying | Underplayed | Underplays | Underplay

Underplaying meaning

present participle and gerund of underplay

Using Underplaying

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of underplay
  • In the example corpus, underplaying often appears in combinations such as: underplaying the, of underplaying.

Context around Underplaying

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

probably 1× 291 1×

Often after:

turned 1×

Sentence patterns with Underplaying

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are probably underplaying it in 1× episode 291 underplaying your coaching 1× have been underplaying his own 1× salam of underplaying the racial 1× style of underplaying before the 1× that are underplaying the extent 1× thought was underplaying turned out 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cooper s style 1× experts say both 1× guardiola once credited 1× norse code podcast 1× sam wood who 1× some progressives will 1×

Common sentence endings:

and fellow actors 1× at the club 1× in our movies 1× james and arif 1× of the crisis 1× poverty among immigrants 1×

Words around Underplaying

Just before it in the word index:

underplayed 9 underplay 3 underpins 68 underpinnings 74 underpinning 111 underpinned 107

Just after it in the word index:

underplays 4 underpopulated 6 underpowered 42 underprepared 8 underpriced 7 underpricing 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Underplaying

  • In this selection, "underplaying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, probably, 291 and turned stand out and add context to how "underplaying" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are probably underplaying it in and episode 291 underplaying your coaching. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "underplaying" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with underplaying

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Norse Code Podcast Episode 291: Underplaying Your Coaching featuring James and Arif. (12 words)

Some progressives will accuse Salam of underplaying the racial animus driving poverty among immigrants. (14 words)

Cooper's style of underplaying before the camera surprised many of his directors and fellow actors. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Guardiola once credited the recruitment team for 80 per cent of the team's success, and while he may have been underplaying his own part he was right about the structure at the club. (34 words)

Sam Wood, who directed Cooper in four films, had similar observations about Cooper's performance in Pride of the Yankees, noting, "What I thought was underplaying turned out to be just the right approach. (34 words)

We feel that cinema is an exaggeration… But if you see what is happening in and the Gaza Strip, you know that we are probably underplaying it in our movies. (30 words)

Example sentences (7)

Guardiola once credited the recruitment team for 80 per cent of the team's success, and while he may have been underplaying his own part he was right about the structure at the club.

We feel that cinema is an exaggeration… But if you see what is happening in and the Gaza Strip, you know that we are probably underplaying it in our movies.

Experts say both numbers are seriously undercounted because of the lack of testing, mild cases that were missed and governments that are underplaying the extent of the crisis.

Norse Code Podcast Episode 291: Underplaying Your Coaching featuring James and Arif.

Some progressives will accuse Salam of underplaying the racial animus driving poverty among immigrants.

Cooper's style of underplaying before the camera surprised many of his directors and fellow actors.

Sam Wood, who directed Cooper in four films, had similar observations about Cooper's performance in Pride of the Yankees, noting, "What I thought was underplaying turned out to be just the right approach.

Common combinations with underplaying

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "underplaying" in a sentence?
An example: "Guardiola once credited the recruitment team for 80 per cent of the team's success, and while he may have been underplaying his own part he was right about the structure at the club." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "underplaying" from authentic English texts.
What does "underplaying" mean?
Underplaying means: present participle and gerund of underplay
How many example sentences with "underplaying" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "underplaying", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.