Sentence examples for pleasingly understated from inspiring English sources

It builds to a crescendo of excitement; the last sentence is the most emotional, yet the punctuation treatment is so pleasingly understated that the period expresses not irony but sincere feeling.

It's solidly second rate, a pleasingly understated and optimistic romantic story, without an ounce of cynicism, and told with such a light touch that you might overlook its contrivances.

The rump is pleasingly rounded; the profile is elegantly understated, almost spare.

After you've nailed the name, you can tackle the New French's pleasingly straightforward menu, which, when coupled with the dining room's agreeably understated atmosphere, imbues a patron with a kind of ready-made I-wanna-be-a-regular yen.

Be understated.

More understated.

Some understated lovemaking.

Quiet and understated.

Marines are understated.

"I'm really understated.

"Tombeau" is an understated ballet.