Sentence examples for a restrained understatement from inspiring English sources

Cherry resigned from the party and apologised for his "thoughtless and extremely foolish" remarks – which does seem a restrained understatement from the man responsible for conjuring up that richly redolent "sex volcano" image.

In both cases Mr. Mather's approach has been marked by sensitivity and a sense of restrained understatement that seems to fit with his dry, understated personality.

She gave a restrained yawn.

"It was such a restrained show.

And that might be a restrained estimation.

A bit of an understatement.

The British, Mr. Jacobs suggests, prefer a more restrained, text-bound approach, "a typically British form of understatement" with "as few notes as possible".

That's a big understatement.

That's a kindly understatement.

"Difficulties" is a huge understatement.

That was a typical understatement.