Sentence examples for art of understatement from inspiring English sources

Further demonstrating his gift for the art of understatement, Rattue continues: "England are in the World Cup final.

It's an art of understatement and reserve: she knows how much and how little to say, leaving us space to think and interpret.

Deadpan joke-telling seemed to come from the same mentality as the British art of understatement: the point was that you would by all means avoid making an outward show of what was going on inside your head.

He didn't seem to understand the ways of the truly rich and powerful, the art of understatement.

Cultivate the art of understatement.

It was either an extreme manifestation of dadaist anti-sentimentality or Satie's ultra-dry humour gone rogue; either way, Hannigan makes intimate confessionals of the plain text and archly non-eventful melodies, and clinches the art of enigmatic understatement.

What the duo have done, on their Mercury-nominated album, The Art Of The Understatement, produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco (who drums with them tonight), is to tap into the sweeping romanticism of a certain strain of late Sixties psych-pop: Scott Walker and Love being the most-cited names, but one could also mention Paul & Barry Ryan, and David McWilliams.

But Mr. Andoe makes this book a natural offshoot of his art, combining cool understatement with brass-tacks candor.

That smacked of understatement.

That is a masterpiece of understatement.

He may have been guilty of understatement.