Sentence examples for rather an understatement from inspiring English sources

That, it seems, is rather an understatement.

This could be rather an understatement.

Actually, that's rather an understatement.

He noted the "not fun" phrase, rather an understatement in the context.

Mo's titular assessment is, as it turns out, rather an understatement; the "she" to which the title refers, a London croupier named Helen, is less quirky than queasy, endlessly vexed by the worries of modern life.

It is rather a large understatement to say there might have been a few obstacles to that scenario – the Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, and the club's supporters would not countenance it – but the fact that a manager at a club of Tottenham's stature wanted Campbell was a reminder of the status the defender still enjoyed.

The reality is rather different – and that's an understatement.

Mr. Davis is best known for playing the baritone saxophone, but for the first half of the album he plays tenor with a rather elegant understatement.

He's best known for playing the baritone saxophone, but he's also known to play tenor saxophone, as he does on his new album, "Blue Gardenia" (Reade Street Records), with a rather elegant understatement.

"It was clear to a number of people looking at this situation that the community's rather frayed trust - to use an understatement - was even worse and has in effect been severed in terms of the relationship with the police department," Lynch said on Friday.

He makes the trip on the recommendation of another relative, his Uncle Bent Allan Mogensenn), who has suggested, with rather hilarious understatement, that it's easier to meet women in Thailand.