Sentence examples for understated reply from inspiring English sources
"Drug bust", comes the functional, typically understated reply.
That short, understated reply represents a major toning down of previous rhetoric.
Though Bhasin and regular co-host Steve Claridge work in beautifully understated harmony – Bhasin will always reply to a statement by Claridge by serenely assuring him, "that's certainly the case, Steve" – the same cannot be said of everyone who appears on the show.
"I can't be, Neil," Trump replied in an understated fashion rarely seen in public from the bombastic celebrity businessman.
"Somebody is getting hurt already," Joe replies, with the carefully understated gravity that permeates this story.
He replies in a quiet, understated voice: "Never.
If the question was meant as the most hamfisted of provocations – and I think it was Sky News, so it would have been – the reply was a study in understated fly-squashing.
Almost 1,000 miles away, Mission Control replied: "Job well done, America!" Although the spectacle was relatively understated compared with the craft's extravagant final take-off earlier this month, which drew some one million onlookers, it was nonetheless heavily imbued with a sense of history and nostalgia.
Some understated lovemaking.
