Sentence examples for quite the understatement from inspiring English sources

Describing her as a "political activist" was quite the understatement to me.

"Tense" is how one critic described this 1987 film – quite the understatement.

"I had an interesting day today," Jimmy Kimmel said at the top of his late-night show Wednesday, which was quite the understatement.

It was quite the understatement from a man who, once estimated by Forbes to be worth more than fifteen billion dollars, had been reduced to a life of manual labor.

It would be quite the understatement to say the official from south Yorkshire did not have one of his better games while refereeing Manchester United's win over Crystal Palace.

"I've been living out of suitcases my whole life," she says, quite the understatement after a quarter-century of touring, cutting gold records, winning Grammys, writing best-selling books and acting in mostly forgettable movie roles.

Both John Gethings and Seamus Doherty were "quite unwell," in the understatement of the prosecutor, Orla Crowe.

To say Aaron Carter has had quite the year is an understatement.

But now, Levin seems more muted, saying, in response to the release of the recent report, that false information leads to "time-consuming wild goose chases" -- which is quite an understatement given the human horrors that have resulted from the invasion of Iraq.

"I think the problem has been with the practicalities of actually setting up cohousing schemes," says Oldman, and in the case of the Owch development, that is quite an understatement.

To call "NOW That's what I Call Music" a household name in the UK would be quite an understatement.