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Understatement in sentence

118 examples of Understatement in a sentence

So to say that the public education system in Bertie County is struggling would be a huge understatement.
To say that we faced high doses of skepticism in those early years is just a huge understatement, but we were so convinced that we might be able to make this work that we chipped away with incremental modifications to this system.
And, "He noticed a large stain in the center of the rug." (Laughter) So, there's a kind of British understatement, murder-mystery theme that I really love very much.
To use the word "bad" would be perhaps the understatement of the year.
So it would be an understatement to say that I had to work extremely hard to get my seat at the table and access to television, because the network decided that they would only include those with 2.5 percent or more in the polls in the first TV debate.
And then I realized when he says, "A farm that has no impurities," he made a big understatement, because the water that flows through that farm comes in from the Guadalquivir River.
The movie starts with a disclaimer about Poetic Licenses taken...that is the understatement of the century.
to say the camera work is dodgy is an understatement.
To use the word cheesy to describe this Canadian disaster would be the understatement of the century.
The dialogue is lacking, and that's an understatement by far.
Another review mentioned "predictable" - and that's almost an understatement.
To say I hate this game would be a huge understatement.
Saying this movie is worse than asphyxiating on your own diarrhea is a generous understatement.
Common sense dictates this film is a preposterous and gross understatement of human knowledge.
It is no understatement to call it far fetched.
If Ed Wood was still alive this would be the type of movie he would be doing.To say this movie is bad would be the understatement of the century.
That was an understatement.
To call this film a disaster will be an understatement.
To say I was disappointed is an understatement.
And thats actually an understatement.
Totally different, with loads of understatement and black comedy, this is a film few get to see, but those who do will remember it.
To say things go wrong is an understatement -- and structurally, the characters are all in perfect opposition to each other.
To say that is even an understatement.
To call this film depressing would be something of an understatement.
Being a Wajda fan, I was disappointed, and that may be an understatement.
Superb acting, particularly by Samoilova and Vasili Merkuryev (as Boris' uncle) that is made all the more poignant by sheer understatement.
To say I wasn't expecting much sitting down to watch "The Couch Trip" is an understatement.
I mentioned kinky sex , but to call sex in the second half of the movie " kinky " would be a great understatement .
When I watched the special features on the DVD and saw both actors in their 'normal' guise, to say I was blown away would be an understatement!!!
There is a pervading understatement and refinement in Babette's Feast but this makes the message of the movie, if anything, stronger, not at all weaker.
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