Sentence examples for a terrible understatement from inspiring English sources

To describe the location as obscure is a terrible understatement — there isn't a road in sight.

"It's been a terrible few weeks for politics," David Cameron, the leader of the opposition Conservatives, said with rare understatement.

A bit of an understatement.

"Painful" is an understatement.

It was a wild understatement.

That's a big understatement.

This was a colossal understatement.

That proved a serious understatement.

That is a considerable understatement.

That's a kindly understatement.

"Difficulties" is a huge understatement.