Sentence examples for measure of understatement from inspiring English sources

At the same time, this reaction must be made with the greatest measure of understatement.

The Police Department, busy elsewhere, can be forgiven for employing a measure of understatement in an ongoing investigation out of Queens.

"The energy industry has historically not been the quickest to adopt," Bingaman said, with no small measure of understatement.

Root was measured, soft-spoken with just a hint of understatement, which was rarely Gough's way but was sometimes Hutton's.

That smacked of understatement.

That was a bit of understatement.

Mr. Jackson, it turns out, is a master of understatement.

That is a rare moment of understatement in the Middle East.

But on one subject he is guilty of understatement: diversity.

Darling is a master of understatement.

Ms. Tharp has rarely been accused of understatement.