Sentence examples for out of understatement from inspiring English sources

The power of Ms. Allen's performance comes out of understatement.

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

To call this a fish-out-of-water situation is an understatement -- mob culture and Scandinavian culture could not be further apart -- and Van Zandt nails the role with a perfect mix of comedy and brusque confidence.

That "not much affected" turns out to be a typical piece of understatement.

At the risk of understatement, I looked out of place on the Mediterranean coast in August".

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

"I think," he said, in a nice bit of understatement, "that things could get a little hairy out here today".

That smacked of understatement.

That was a bit of understatement.

That is a masterpiece of understatement.

He may have been guilty of understatement.