Example sentences for: underplayed

How can you use “underplayed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Underplayed: Scientists at Rutgers University claim to have identified a chemical that causes female orgasms . The chemical, known as the vasoactive intestinal peptide, appears to trigger the orgasm sensation in the brain.

  • It's a one joke movie, but the one joke is good, and the actors are great: "Laughs battle formulas and laughs win" (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ). As the mob boss, "De Niro parodies his own persona with huge relish" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ), and Crystal's put-upon analyst is refreshingly underplayed.

  • Arthur Sulzberger intentionally underplayed the paper's reports of Nazi exterminations.

  • This is sure-fire material, and Lee structures it deftly, leaving us in the dark until the end as to why Jake--a manifestly decent, soft-spoken, cagey fellow, gorgeously underplayed by Washington--ended up in prison in the first place.

  • In "," Scott Shuger says the killings were underplayed because they came too soon after last week's massacre, which was bloodier and involved wealthier victims.


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