How to Use play down in a Sentence

play down

verb

• The Bengals won’t be a fun team to play down the stretch.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• The Kings built up a big lead and then made enough plays down the stretch to fend off a comeback by the Hawks.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
• The Lions have the ball at their own 36-yard line with two minutes to play down three points.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2024
• Both made big plays down the stretch, but Portland held on to beat Charlotte, 89-86.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
• There’s so many plays in the sequencing of that big play down there for the goal line fumble.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
• Asked by reporters about prospects for a strike that had yet to be declared, Biden tried to play down the risk.
  — Josh Boak, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Fastball in there early and let the offspeed play down.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022
• Guys have been making plays down there, finding ways to get into the end zone.
  — Steve Megargee, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
• Such statements consistently play down the will of the U.S.
  — Nadia Schadlow, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
• Initially Musk played down the report, claiming that Reuters was not telling the truth.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 July 2024
• Bayern and Kimmich have since tried to play down the incident.
  — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• But College Park simply wouldn’t go away as the Cougars had to make plays down the stretch to escape with a victory.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• India’s central bank chief plays down fears of a deposit crunch.
  — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
• Not playing down to the level of competition and things like that.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
• The ability to make plays from the deep middle as well as to drop down and play down low and be a physical player.
  — Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2022
• The couple has seemed eager to play down the incident ever since.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Tate said Hutchinson has continued to make plays down the stretch, no matter if is on the gridiron or the hardwood.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• Already platforms are taking steps to play down Ren’s views.
  — Jane Li, Quartz, 11 Jan. 2022
• Both systems end up playing down to two bronze medalists.
  — NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Thanks to clutch play down the stretch, the Eagles defeated the Mavericks, 54-51, Friday night.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• Role Models There was a time, not too long ago, when players tried to play down their motherhood.
  — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 31 July 2023
• The Tigers and Cardinals would be playing down the stretch to potentially host first-round games.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• And the Vatican has been playing down any notions of rapid reform.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The Gunners like to play with intensity and funnel a lot of their attacking play down the left side.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
• The Chinese government sought to play down the cancellation of Blinken's trip.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2023
• Jacob Peters, a Kelly spokesperson, tried to play down the social media post with one of his own.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2024
• But in the days after the insurrection, Facebook went out of its way to play down the company’s role in what happened on Jan. 6.
  — Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Reed Albergotti, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2021
• Art Basel has played down concerns about free expression.
  — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2024
• In the aftermath,Tammany leaders played down their ambitions and put on demure faces in public.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
• The company played down the financial impact in September, saying the drug Oxbryta brought in a little over $300 million last year.
  — Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024