Sentence examples for understated tones from inspiring English sources

Mr. Obama acknowledged the political uncertainties ahead even as, in typically understated tones, he marked the moment shortly before midnight at the White House.

Mkulumadzi lodge which opened last year, has spacious, open-fronted bush chalets on the banks of the river Shire, with solid but elegant furniture in earthy, understated tones.

"It's definitely nice to be still playing this time of year compared to where I was last year in May and thinking about the road I had ahead of me," Bryce Salvador said in the understated tones that mark everything he says.

While many of the hotel's rooms are painted in bright colors (peach, lime green), the penthouse suites are decorated in muted, understated tones (brown, cream and tan).

While in pursuit of communicating her background and reconciling her discoveries with her craft, print artist Edwige Charlot allows her paper pieces to speak for themselves in understated tones.

The dramatic turns are understated — tone on tone — but the characters are nearly bursting with feeling.

The understated tone and evenhandedness of the article over all struck me as responsible journalism.

Mr. Lieberman has also chosen to adopt an understated tone when laying into Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney.

Mr. Jennings uses it to describe understated tone-on-tone plaids, like dark brown on medium brown.

That statement typifies the evenhanded, understated tone of the book -- at once its great virtue and a drawback.

The effect can be seen in the economical, almost understated tone of Crazy Heart, which is full of sweeping panoramic views, and sparsely edited dialogue.