Sentence examples for style of understatement from inspiring English sources

But Marber has made a strategic mistake by shifting the saga to mid-twentieth-century Britain; the British style of understatement clashes with the hysteric's narcissistic need to narrate the self, and much of Strindberg's heat and hurt are lost.

The style of understatement he learned from White, in particular, involved imposing a certain amount of taciturn discretion and fastidiousness on a man who was neither indirect nor modest, and the marriage of the two things -- the modest style and the immense and needy ego -- is what made him so memorable.

Many reviewers, among them H.L. Mencken, praised Hemingway's style, use of understatement, and tight writing.

He speaks in the BHP style of academic understatement, referring to the boom as "a period of slightly higher prices".

Danced lyrically by Anthea Young, it showed Ezralow capable of understatement — not his usual style.

During a career of more than 50 years, Ms. Benjamin upheld a style of elegant composure and deliberative understatement, singing in a honeyed, faintly smoky mezzo-soprano.

By loading the timeless "Contigo en la Distancia" with overly dramatic, R&B-style; vocal gymnastics, Aguilera turns a gem of understatement into bloated confection.

Crowley's style has been compared to that of Bill Callahan, Nick Drake and Tim Buckley, while Irish Independent reviewer Eamon Sweeney has said the singer is "a master of understatement".

That smacked of understatement.

The new style prized understatement, to be filled in by the reader.

That was a bit of understatement.