No longer, as Beijing's low-key response suggests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forced Off The Fence] Reference

He may be low-key, but he can hold his own in a fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cable's Quiet Mogul] Reference

The party was pretty low-key so it got everyone's attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Day & Night] Reference

Would he move into a successful, if low-key stand-up career?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan Says YES To TBS] Reference

There must be something burning beneath Carter's low-key exterior.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coolest Mogul] Reference

The Clinton administration seems to have found a low-key compromise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deng's Revolution] Reference

Such passages speak to Schlink's deceptively low-key power as a writer.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World In Shades Of Gray] Reference

In this dysfunctional sanitarium, Danny registers only low-key beatitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Goodbye] Reference

His biggest hits are all built around his low-key Saturday Night Live persona.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Defense of Adam Sandler] Reference

He campaigns in a low-key way, chatting with folks in diners and coffee shops.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Talk-Show Avoidance' Strategy] Reference

Chef Alice Waters ordered up a kitchen that is deliberately low-key and homey.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Is The House That Love Built] Reference

Unofficially, low-key military and political preparations are already underway.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Turkish Dilemma] Reference

Bernanke's low-key but incisive manner worked better with lawmakers than Paulson's bluster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paulson’s Complaint] Reference

He worked in congressional liaison under Bryce Harlow, a low-key master of the inside game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Smooth &Amp; Mr. Rough] Reference

Miller, who is universally cited as a smart, low-key manager, had better bulk up for battle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can 8.0 Save The Chat Room?] Reference

Rather than touch on mystic chords of race, Nutter has kept it low-key in his talks with Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  [On a Downtown Train] Reference

This season, Princess Diana led a major glitz shift from flashy Aspen to normally low-key Vail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rocky Mountain Highs--And Lows] Reference

Then Israeli and Syrian officials will meet in Washington for low-key talks out of the public eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Syria: Clinton Is Ready To Do Deals] Reference

Another explanation for the low-key response is that the administration is pushing at an open door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Launch Response] Reference

For his part, the mayor appointed a low-key loyalist, Howard Safir, as the new police commissioner.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Crimebuster's Fall] Reference

Ambience: Sakenohana incorporates an uncanny mix of low-key minimalism and architectural high jinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Spot: Sake No Hana, London] Reference

Hank GoldbergIn June, the low-key assistant D.A. will weigh in with his book, "The Prosecution Responds.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Enough To Open A Library] Reference

But Gates was low-key, straightforward, steadying — calming, even soothing in a dry and matter-of-fact way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates Keeper] Reference

You take a sidewalk table at the Half King, the low-key restaurant/bar he co-owns on West 23rd Street in Manhattan.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Killer in the House] Reference

Figuring it would be tougher for Democrats to oppose the low-key Owen, GOP strategists picked her to be first in line.    From Wordnik.com.  [IN THE EYE OF THE STORM] Reference

Ma, whose low-key Chinese nationalism comforts Beijing, reckons he can find the common ground on which to normalize ties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keeping China Quiet] Reference

Yet it was one of his mellowest reveries, pulled off with a low-key, no-sweat grace that only an old master could achieve.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maverick of Movieland] Reference

Beijing has become remarkably adept at using its political and economic muscle in a patient, low-key and highly effective manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Losing Another War ... in Asia] Reference

That grungy and low-key can be high trend is nothing new in Berlin, where being poor and having fun have always gone hand in hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berlin’s Hidden Gems] Reference

He doesn't believe in stirring up controversy for its own sake and thinks critics confuse his low-key style with lack of substance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Gumbel's Marathon] Reference

Unlike Pat Robertsen, Jerry Falwell and the evangelical religious right, Washington's conservative Catholics are reticent and low-key.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington's Quiet Club] Reference

"Whispering John" Bardeen the low-key, famously self-effacing theorist, would become the only person ever to win two Nobels in physics.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Transistor] Reference

This is classic Gates: no noisy confrontations with the likes of Cheney, just low-key, pragmatic steps to avoid sparking a conflagration.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates Keeper] Reference

Wary of celebrity, the young Bill Bradley sought refuge in a team identity, proving his worth with low-key leadership rather than heroics.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Guarded Star] Reference