Sentence examples for serious understatement from inspiring English sources

That proved a serious understatement.

To call it contentious would be a serious understatement.

To say that he had Cage's canny music under his fingers is a serious understatement.

To say that Lee was vilified for her warnings is a serious understatement.

To call this "paper thin" would be a serious understatement, it's barely even there.

Then came the summer, and to say Carter sprouted would be a serious understatement.

What Gibson designates an "attack," Pat Kiernan on NY1 deems "a dramatic development" and predicts, with characteristic understatement, "a serious evacuation".

The two met through OK Cupid, the online dating service, where Lawson had written "somewhat serious" under "religion," a huge understatement.

Facing the opposition of 20% of the shareholders is normally considered, in this world of (public) understatement, to be a serious rebuke.

The move was described by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron - in what yet may prove an understatement - as "a serious step in the wrong direction".

To say that the Android-powered OUYA game console has garnered some serious attention is a hell of an understatement, and that's sure to be the case as developer units keep trickling out into the wild.