Sentence examples for great understatement from inspiring English sources

Whatever is happening here – marital discord or not – things are not good in the house of Murdoch (a great understatement).

"This is something I've been preparing for for a long time," Cassel said, delivering the day's great understatement.

That proved to be a great understatement, with Cole charting the course of British politics from 1981 to 1992 often from the heart of the action.

Many women, and a growing number of men, go under the plastic surgeon's knife, not so much out of personal vanity but as a pragmatic response to social expectations.North Korea, as Mr Kim says with great understatement, is different.

The only indication that something unusual is going on back there is a full-size sign, visible from the small front yard, that reads, with great understatement, "Railroad Crossing".

Taking the stage to generous applause from both the awards audience and the press seated in a separate theater, a visibly moved Ms. Dunst looked out at the crowd and blurted with great understatement, "Wow, what a week it's been!" She thanked the festival for keeping "Melancholia" in competition and Mr. von Trier for letting her be brave.

That may be one of the great understatements, but it was fine with the police in Sanford, Fla.

Then, four months later, in what has turned out to be one of the great understatements of world history, the President announced "major developments" in the case.

To say that Johnson, forever upbeat and helpful, with never a whinge about his lot, deserves to realise his life-long ambition and become champion at last, at the age of 38, is one of sport's great understatements.

Dr. Watson, the way you announced your discovery in the journal Nature was one of the great understatements of all time: "This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest".

It was possibly the greatest understatement in the history of meteorology.