Examples of downplay in a Sentence
Athletes often downplay their injuries.
he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
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Trump was busy downplaying the severity of the new coronavirus and insisting that the country had to swiftly reopen.
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Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
And María Corina Machado, the Nobel prize-winning opposition leader, has been cast aside by the White House, which has downplayed the extent of her domestic political support.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026
For one, Rebecca is mad at Charlie for downplaying the massive risk and selling his own gas-finding abilities so well.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
But Harris downplayed talk of those possibilities.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
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Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
And María Corina Machado, the Nobel prize-winning opposition leader, has been cast aside by the White House, which has downplayed the extent of her domestic political support.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026
For one, Rebecca is mad at Charlie for downplaying the massive risk and selling his own gas-finding abilities so well.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
But Harris downplayed talk of those possibilities.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Downplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downplay. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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