How To Use Low-key In A Sentence

It was low-key and it was not saturated with triumphalism.
After glittering premieres in London and Leeds, this was a much more low-key affair as the cinema only seats 250 people, so invitations were strictly limited.
They had a third alternative in Joe Purcell, a decent, low-key man who had been attorney general and lieutenant governor and done a good job with both positions.
Former White House budget director Peter Orszag, whose personal life hit the gossip pages, would be succeeded by Jack Lew, a low-key budgeter, if Mr. Lew is confirmed by the Senate. Exodus Could Shift White House Tone
We had to keep it quite low-key because it was being filmed. The Sun

It was meant to be a low-key opportunity to stay with Rob, indulge in a little low-key madness and see a few old friends.
Kermode felt Limb would have to be greeted but recommended a low-key approach.
The celebrations are expected to be modest and low-key, a reflection of the falling economic fortunes of the territory.
We are trying to home in on the talent, focus on the best stories, and we try to be low-key and modest about our role.
I like to use this tactic in low-key situations, like grocery stores, coffee shops, book stores, etc.
He brings little passion to the part, preferring instead to present Andre as a low-key, open-faced friend of the people who's almost too good to be true.
Yet this role requires something more low-key and repressed. Times, Sunday Times
Hall seems to improve with age and the offbeat humour here is low-key and likeable. Times, Sunday Times
Then again, maybe it won't… today's launch is very much a low-key affair.
Hill wanted to channel Chung's low-key, deshabillé, coolest-girl-in-sixth-form sensibility; and also the boysy, briefcase-y spirit of the Elkington. Money bags: the story behind Mulberry's Alexa
We want to keep the whole affair as low-key as possible.
Despite being one fifth of the world's hottest boy band with a sizzling girlfriend, the curly-haired cheeky chappie seemed to enjoy a rather low-key day.
Or do you prefer a low-key hipster hangout? Times, Sunday Times
What's great is that mixed with sparkly jewels, jersey gives off a lovely, low-key, effortless dressiness. Times, Sunday Times
If the news conference to announce the clash was anything to go by, it could be a low-key affair.
Kevin Reilly is a low-key host who doesn’t showboat. TV Upfronts: Wrapping Up NBC - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
Instead it can offer a relaxed and low-key environment that feels like it isn't trying too hard.
However, they have gained a vast following with glossy films of E.M. Forster's low-key novels, in which they vulgarize the issues and overdecorate the sets. Faking Picasso
Perhaps it means that low-key, sporadic participation, which is the norm for most displays of citizenship, is not enough?
It seems that HSUKFF's institutional investor base, low-key private interventions in companies, a number of changes to the fund name over the years, and often hard-to-spot disclosable holdings (the wider Hermes Group or even the BT Pension Scheme Trustees are sometimes recorded as the 'notifier') have all probably contributed to the fund being largely invisible to private investors. Fool.co.uk - Headlines
Perhaps it means that low-key, sporadic participation, which is the norm for most displays of citizenship, is not enough?
With a guestlist hovering at around the 200 mark, low-key isn't what we (or our parents) have in mind. Times, Sunday Times
He's so desperate for a job that he low-key tries to steal his friend's job.
They want the funeral to be as low-key as possible.
The restaurant has low-key been a vegetarian destination for a few years now.
Be low-keyed in everything so that you can observe the world and save energy.
Frears, however, plays both home and away, interspersing his several successful forays into the studio system with a series of low-key gems that bear not a trace of Tinseltown gloss.
It's his lined face rather than his low-key vocals that now draw the attention. Times, Sunday Times
According to reports, they are low-key coupled up.
It'll be a lot more low-key than a wedding. The Sun
Because this is a fairly low-key establishment, entering it almost feels like trespassing.
This second album from the Hoosiers is being touted as a more low-key affair than its predecessor, which is a relief considering their 2007 debut was so daffily upbeat, you risked altitude sickness listening to it. The Hoosiers: The Illusion of Safety
Even their twittering seems fairly low-key compared with the excited sounds they made just a few weeks ago.Sentencedict
Their relationship began 18 months after Myfanwy died, with a low-key old-fashioned courtship; he sent flowers, there were candlelit dinners.
This looks like a taut, low-key thriller that could well be a massive hit. The Sun
In the evenings, it sometime hosts soirées of live but low-key entertainment.
Since then she has been rather more low-key. Times, Sunday Times
The overall storyline is slight, and relies on at least one significant contrivance, but the movie offers enough in the way of small pleasures to be worth a recommendation, provided you enjoy this kind of low-key drama.
Cage is superbly low-key as the dysfunctional David whose inability to apply himself to adult life is both perfectly realised and beautifully relayed.
In stark contrast to last year's epic birthday bash, this year's celebrations will be deliberately low-key.
This looks like a taut, low-key thriller that could well be a massive hit. The Sun
They clearly prefer a much more low-key approach. The Sun
The low-key manner is analytical, confiding, with a touch of the dosshouse philosopher engrossed in offbeat speculation.
Her disposition is low-key, bringing faint grief, be different from the female with other distinctive appearance right-down .
Given who we are, our national day should be laid-back, low-key, and - yes - ambivalent about our progress.
They certainly did not treat it as a low-key affair. Times, Sunday Times
We have a fairly low-key approach to discipline.
So he keeps it low-key, climbing back into his Jaguar, leaving behind a group of reporters who admit the only story they'll get out of the entire day is the unfortunate inkspot that has appeared on the back of Sarah Brown's dress. The Guardian World News
Pekerman, a low-key man who came up coaching successful Argentine youth teams at the world level, is trying to contain Messi's youthful energy. USATODAY.com - Many 'healthy' options at forward for Argentina coach Pekerman
Bolten's low-key, noncombative style has made his task a bit easier, especially when it came to asking the sometimes volatile Rove to surrender some of his power. Bush Pops His Bubble
Something low-key that will keep its trap shut and its ribbons in check. Times, Sunday Times
Jamal avoids the ghetto rap cool dude attitude and Brown relates to that, comfortable in low-key.
Maybe you're like me and low-key despise the chilly weather.
After his low-key build-up to the season's first major, he would be excused another near miss.
But there are also small collectives of people who get together in a low-key style to make music: think Orquestra Scotland Brazil or even The Reindeer Section.
Souyia proved another low-key mix of tavernas and bars fronting a pebbly beach.
The wedding was a very low-key affair.
The show keeps surprising us with its random dream logic and twists of weird, low-key but anarchic comedy. Times, Sunday Times
The wedding was a very low-key affair.
During the communist era, Christmas in Budapest was a low-key affair, often celebrated clandestinely.
Braves 'Hanson is low-key off field, intense on it - USATODAY. com Braves' Hanson is low-key off field, intense on it
They still find it difficult to relate to the low-key, at times schoolmasterish, rhetoric of the African National Congress (ANC) leader. ANC Daily News Briefing
The movie goes its mostly quiet, low-key, sentimental way without sugariness.
It was a low-key event, but we did wear bibs and it was timed.
The wedding will be a very low-key affair.
But unflashy, low-key initiatives can go a long way. Times, Sunday Times
Low-intensity warfare of this kind does not bring quick results and much of the work is low-key, repetitive and painstaking.
Of course, it's a far cry from most of the low-key balladry of the rest of the album, and when the final verse appears, this fiery, chaotic vision suddenly seems distant.
The run-up to this election has been low-key and characterised by a more adult attitude to electioneering.
There definitely is some virtue in keeping the affair low-key, in not raising the level of expectation, for in case of failure, nobody accuses you of bragging.
For weeks, locals have been peering through the windows of Restaurant Bernard, trying to figure out just what this chichi eatery/bar is doing in such a low-key location.
Perhaps her low-key tone is reflected in her work. Times, Sunday Times
Low-Key French Lunch Lori Eanes for the Wall Street Journal Pan-seared salmon with fava beans stew, pistou, eggplant caviar and basil leaves, one of Chef Leo Salazar's signature dishes. Café Claude
a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence
Now, after experimenting with a number of low-key pro exhibition events and small invitationals, the Orange County Squashers are introducing a PSA Challenger Event.
We have a fairly low-key approach to discipline.
Roast venison with port jelly and potted shrimp rolls also graced the low-key menu.
Director Peter Evans highlights the play's wry humour and latent evil with a low-key, ironic spin.
William Hurt is a willing, low-key accomplice, a good foil for Kosminsky's gracious manner and slightly stagy cheerfulness.
This catalogue now seems low-key. Times, Sunday Times
Two of the other local sides are in action in low-key friendlies but their respective managers realise the importance of the games.
'Terri' The disarming, original "Terri" is a wry, low-key comedy from director Azazel Jacobs "Momma's Man" that constantly monkeys with our expectations. 'Crowne': A Bad Fit for Hollywood Royalty
The low-key press conference was attended almost exclusively by Scandinavian journalists who, respectful of Semenya's privacy, were careful not to probe too intrusively into her past. Caster Semenya casts fame aside in search of glory on the track
I have been low-key dreading this moment since my mother texted me.
It's in keeping with her wish to make this event a low-key affair.
These elections traditionally have been low-key affairs.
We want to keep the whole affair as low-key as possible.
She's low-key dropped multiple hints about their secret relationship.
This year it was 54 years old Berners - Lee is a low-key, he frankly hundreds of millions of Internet users free access to his invention, but he has been living a simple life.
At times, he'll whisper in a low-key croon.
Her oddly beautiful low-key folk songs seem to occupy a shadow world between life and death, speaking of tragic women and their doomed entanglements. The Sun
It's not a particularly desirable place now unless you really want to hide-away in dozy and thoroughly low-key French Caribbean style.
A lucrative world tour might be out of the question, but what about something more low-key? Times, Sunday Times
The process may have been low-key and painfully slow, but it has seen the old Republican gods and heroes repudiated.
While Karisma is quiet, patient, and low-keyed, Kareena has fast attained the reputation of being a spitfire who doesn't mince words and does not suffer fools gladly.
This giant of a man was intellectual, soft-spoken, reserved, yet dedicated; he exuded a low-key intensity.
With his low-key approach to the part, he manages to submerge his highly visible, volatile personality.
I thought they liked to keep commentary a low-key affair in Mexico, Jim?
Ferguson's fiery temper and outspoken nature contrasts with the other's reserved, low-key and media-shy approach.
By relying on a characteristically low-key form of moral persuasion, he believes he is slowly winning them over and that the foundations will eventually reflect his influence.
Other firms take a decidedly low-key approach. Christianity Today
But they soon got used to my low-key presence and stared at me with supercilious hauteur.
Eriksson had faith in a low-key manner but his England flatlined at the great tournaments.
But those who expect a low-key industry affair will be in for a surprise.
The Rabari are not so much hypocritical in their attitudes to breaking the Hindu code of vegetarianism as low-key.
As a bandleader, Basie was low-key and hang-loose but the band itself was incredibly tight.
Though the marketing campaign portrays It Runs in the Family as a big fat comedy, it's rather more low-key and downbeat.
She's pretty in a low-key way - long tousled black hair, perfect make-up-free skin, full lips and searching dark eyes.
The besotted pair soon announced their engagement and the bride-to-be started to plan a low-key wedding in front of close friends and family.
All the models wore trainers, which made the collection feel pleasingly low-key. Times, Sunday Times
Or do you prefer a low-key hipster hangout? Times, Sunday Times
It was a low-key event, confounding expectations of gossip columnists dispatched to observe the dirt.
Though, Vogue writes, "Kate Moss 'agent denied more rumours this morning that the supermodel married her long-term boyfriend Jamie Hince over the summer, confirming that she is not married and that a' low-key ceremony in Sicily 'never happened. Kate Moss & Jamie Hince Secretly Married?
The Saints have finished as runners-up, a position they were assured of before this match was played, so the contest was a low-keyed affair.
We want to keep it low-key. The Sun
The wedding was a low-key affair, with fewer than thirty people attending.
It was the ideal disgraced politician 's low-key exit. Times, Sunday Times
It was the ideal disgraced politician 's low-key exit. Times, Sunday Times
And, anticipating the defection of the supposed hero to the dark side, there is a preponderance of broodily low-key numbers.
For all that, the 11 lavishly gifted "stars", plus actor Paul McGann reading out the instruments and adding a certain low-key sensuality to the word "glockenspiel", were a revelation. Evening Standard - Home
I like to use this tactic in low-key situations, like grocery stores, coffee shops, book stores, etc.
Instead of aerial armadas and huge tank fleets on the ground, the military response will also be low-key and downbeat but no less effective for having such a low profile.
(Samwu) staged a low-key protest march to Nkosi's offices in Germiston chanting slogans calling Nkosi a "tsotsi" and saying McBride should be fired. ANC Daily News Briefing
I even pulled some low-key gangly whiteboy moves out of the repertoire for good measure.
Our first meeting was a low-key affair. Times, Sunday Times
We are trying to hone in on the talent, focus on the best stories, and we try to be low-key and modest about our role.
Instead of returning to the Irish rock scene, he resolved to pursue his musical ambitions in a more low-key way.
Dripping is a series of low-key messages and phone calls designed to keep your name alive between personal contacts. Hot Prospects
Keep everything low-key, and no PDA with this guy (you know, public displays of affection) because that would be way uncool.
Perhaps it means that low-key, sporadic participation, which is the norm for most displays of citizenship, is not enough?
Weld has adopted an unusually low-key posture at this meeting in contrast to the high-profile figure he has cut in the past.
The killing two weeks ago was largely unreported as police conducted a low-key probe. The Sun
He may be low-key speaker, but he has plenty to say, and most of it is gold, rather than the âOh, hereâs where Vicki Vale is shown into the Batcaveâ kind of expository stuff found on many commentaries. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
With a guestlist hovering at around the 200 mark, low-key isn't what we (or our parents) have in mind. Times, Sunday Times
It is evident in another when they went out for ice cream cones and shared a calm, low-key mood. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents
Despite the cleverly disguised anti-Chinese sentiment in the low-key soft sell propaganda , William exposes his bias when he resorted to the standard rant about the Chinese.
It is evident in another when they went out for ice cream cones and shared a calm, low-key mood. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents
Their wedding was a very low-key affair.
Burley preached possession but his low-key, modest personality encouraged supporters to give others the credit.
I, for one, am quite ready for a pleasingly intimate and low-key affair.
I'm from a small, low-key family with no aunts, uncles or cousins.
Verbier is a small, low-key resort with a lively nightlife. Times, Sunday Times
Salter's art delivers its meaning through the construction of low-keyed colors, close shading and proportional forms.
We have a fairly low-key approach to discipline.
Undaunted, the low-key father of three, who lives in Darien, Conn., recently sent another letter to Berkshire Vice Chairman Charles Munger asking for a meeting. Buffett: Combs Is 'a 100% Fit'
The transfer, which gives Iraqis official control over their own destiny once again, was a low-key affair, taking place here in the presence of just a few dozen people.
Should it be, "I'm low key like seychelles?" it makes more sense as Seychelles was once a low-key destination? .... but seashells doesn't make sense as a simile ... or am i missing something? Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
Bell's low-key menace had a way of keeping the other actors in check, making sure that few overacted and/or chewed the scenery. Scott Mendelson: Huff Post Review: Saw VII 3D (2010)
Whose gest is highest in knight-errant of respecting gold commonplace, the masses is accepted first is to be in Shaolin Temple low-key those who sweep the floor is anonymous without the monk.
Instead of aerial armadas and huge tank fleets on the ground, the military response will also be low-key and downbeat but no less effective for having such a low profile.
The most worrying aspect of the problem is the police's low-key approach to bringing offenders to book.
Moby was quite content with a low-key musical career… until the world fell in love with an album he put together in his bedroom.
On the contrary, it was clear that they enjoyed a modest, low-key life-style.
The wedding was a low-key affair, with fewer than thirty people attending.
The environment often feels low-key and comfortable. Take Care of Your Skin
In his low-key documentary, Blitz has succeeded in creating drama out of everyday life that is highly absorbing, despite it's lightweight subject matter.
It was such a low-key affair that even the bride didn't know.
The atmosphere is calm and low-key, with as few distractions as possible to enable the pupils to learn how to prepare and serve food.
According to John Richardson's book, Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters, she disdained the fin-de-siecle froufrou (dust cathers, to be sure) and maintained a low-key style, whose principle was "Elegance is elimination. Archive 2008-02-01
Bridge is sung sonorously but very low-key and just when you think it is going to fade away like the dying light, the band, a percussive juggernaut, bounces dramatically into Graceland.
Braves 'Hanson is low-key off field, intense on it Braves' Hanson is low-key off field, intense on it
We want to keep the whole affair as low-key as possible.
The sides fielded by both managers for this contest set the tone for a low-key game in front of a crowd 6,000 short of capacity. The Sun
As a supporter of all that's low-key, I think the curators deserve commendation for this.
The first several months of the Cohen Commission's hearings were relatively low-key, but Dr. Miller's arrival created a frenzy among the media and activists who oppose fish farms believe the scientist was muzzled because her discovery will point to aquiculture as a cause of the decline of the wild stocks. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
It will be made more visible to tourists, whereas it used to be quite low-key. Times, Sunday Times
Not to speak of the unostentatiously low-key, delimiting, and cool-filtered cinematography by Leigh's usual cameraman, Dick Pope.
Though a low-key, even uncharismatic, operator, he was capable on occasion of making news. Times, Sunday Times
The resort keeps things seductively low-key. Times, Sunday Times
This looks like a taut, low-key thriller that could well be a massive hit. The Sun
So are baby open-faced sandwiches of slick, whisper-cut serrano ham posed on a dab of garlicky tomato vinaigrette, and a low-key Spanish tortilla - a high Spanish omelet layered with thin-sliced potatoes and onion, then cut into wedges.
Despite a little cool Latin scatting and standards-cruising, the mood is low-key - and the lost-love song Gloomy Sunday is terrifying.
Your macchiato or cappuccino will always taste the same at La Dolce Vita's low-key second floor lounge or lush rooftop.
She used it as an opportunity to low-key criticize the restaurant.
The atmosphere was relaxed and deceptively informal, with low-key lighting and dancers wearing socklets and casually sporty costumes of muted blue.
Third, from the perspective of feminist criticism, Feng's movies generally give low-keyed descriptions of female images.
She got to the fifth fence from home in that low-key point-to-point race. The Sun
So he had a low-key quality, instead of screaming at a guest as some of the cable blowhards do, it would be the death of a thousand cuts.
The low-key temperament of the film (and its director) made it a good choice for Vancouver's fest.
We want to keep the whole affair as low-key as possible.
We've low-key been thinking Brooke is way too good for Nick anyway.
Nightlife is fairly low-key in Protaras, with just a few bars, tavernas and nightspots.
It doesn't help that the big name cast try to outdo each other with their low-key performances.
He learned to follow their low-key, businesslike approach because it was the best way to fit in with the group.
The first new track from the band in more than 20 years is a low-key affair. The Sun
The press coverage was disapproving but still fairly low-key; few columnists rushed to respond and, in the end, the story melted away like a bad smell.
True upper-class ladies are low-keyed, cultured and broad-minded.
Seeking a relatively low-price, low-key New Year's Eve celebration with the possibility of dancing, three of us traipsed down Fremont Avenue to a hip-hop show at Suite G.
It's a low-key, philosophical musing reminiscent of the voice-over that opens THE BIG LEBOWSKI but played for real rather than as a caricature of the cracker-barrel cowboy spirit-guide vibe you get in the earlier movie. Freeform Critique
The Pentagon earlier played down the confrontation, striking a more low-key tone than during the incident two months ago.
During the communist era, Christmas in Budapest was a low-key affair, often celebrated clandestinely.
The wedding will be a very low-key affair.
It's a good fit for Mr. Noda, who bested more charismatic rivals Banri Kaieda and Seiji Maehara in an election to lead the ruling Democratic Party of Japan partly by likening himself to an ugly stream-dwelling fish called the loach, and who built his platform of unpopular, albeit low-key, planks such as a temporary reconstruction tax. With Challenges in Abundance, New Japan Leader Reaches Out
We're already low-key obsessed with him.
His charm is low-key and genuine, a wideness about the uncrumpled eyes, a readiness to break into a straight-toothed smile.

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