Sentence examples similar to an understated gesture from inspiring English sources

Mr. Tati had an uncanny ability for expressing moods through understated gesture and movement of the body.

Among curators and other art world people, Eliasson is known both for his politeness and modesty, and when you meet him, his straightforwardness and grace – I've never heard someone sound so sincere when accepting compliments – strike you immediately as all of a piece with his nubby Scandinavian clothes, his understated gestures, his instinctively democratic manner.

Her use of understated gestures and the clustering and separation of bodies expresses not only complex emotions but also whole historical eras.

"From his understated gestures to his cocky-modest smile, from his twirl of the club as a perfect shot hangs in mid-flight to the image Sunday evening of his huge hug with his father beside the 18th green at Congressional Country Club, he makes us think, 'There's the real thing'".

Mr. Wosner tended to understate gestures often stressed or overstated: those deep, rumbling trills that interrupt the opening melody, the startling shift into C sharp minor at the development section.

"Tombeau" is an understated ballet.

Whitmore is an understated guy.

He cracked an understated smile.

True, he is an understated Finn.

Not an understated, vintage Balenciaga sack dress.

He is an understated player but delivers.