Sentence examples for understated nature from inspiring English sources

He is known for his understated nature and pleasant demeanor.

Mrs. Clinton's visit, in keeping with the understated nature of the people, was quite subtle.

Weaver and Boiman, when asked about LoVecchio, noted his understated nature.

The hows, whys, wherefores and difficulties of "improving" estate parkland crop up in several of Austen's novels – Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice is, for example, commended for the understated nature of its new garden work – but perhaps receives their most thorough dissection in the exchanges between Fanny Price and Mr Rushworth in chapter six of this book.

I would also call to your attention, in the print edition as well, the letter to the editor by Bill Holmer of the Great Glass of '68 who actually comes up with a marvelous and wildly elegant suggestion simply by the dint of using punctuation, which you have to take off your hat and admire if only because of the lovely understated nature of it.

But the understated nature of these divisions could be temporary.

In most respects the original reporting (by us and others), if anything, understated the nature of the journalistic crisis that is now being painfully laid bare.

That article, citing the police report and subsequent court documents, suggested strongly that Mr. Cohen, 43, had understated the nature of the dispute with his ex-girlfriend, who told the police that he had pulled a knife on her.

Being soft-spoken and understated by nature, I was never going to be a charismatic speaker who would enthrall thousands with 'fire and brimstone' emotion.

The woman with whom Phillips was involved, 29-year-old Lourdes Torres, slapped both him and Vision Forum with a lawsuit that indicates Phillips dramatically understated the nature of their "inappropriate relationship"—not least by implying that it was consensual.

Ruby-Sachs is correct to be concerned, but she understates the nature of the problems with the movants' logic, for no judge could decide the challenge to the Prop 8 case under the movants' logic.