Sentence examples for A considerable understatement from inspiring English sources

A considerable understatement, since the 'peacekeeping' battalion's slogan was "shoot 'em in the face!" and their commander's idea of their mission was "killing bad guys".

That is a considerable understatement.

That this came as something of a shock is a considerable understatement.

Kate Allen, UK director of Amnesty International, said Xi's comments about improving human rights were welcome but "a considerable understatement".

"We stressed a defense-first approach, but I think we got away from it tonight," Blackhawks Coach Joel Quenneville said in a considerable understatement.

It would be a considerable understatement to say that at the time the need for bankruptcy reform in Ireland received scant attention.

Some of the connections he makes "are open to debate," he says with — for a change — considerable understatement.

Students of all ages and backgrounds study with Mr. Cowhick, whose faith in golf as a sport that almost anyone can learn sufficiently to enjoy makes him a teacher of considerable understatement and apparently infinite patience.

Infinite Patience Students of all ages and backgrounds study with Mr. Cowhick, whose faith in golf as a sport that almost anyone can learn sufficiently to enjoy makes him a teacher of considerable understatement and apparently infinite patience.

His tale is a lively one, peppered with arresting first-person quotations, and it never takes too long to immerse readers in what he calls, with considerable understatement, "a big story".

"This is not an easy job to do," said Mr. Li, expressing with considerable understatement the frustrations of a weaponless army of 8,000 in a pushy, adrenaline-fueled city of 17 million.