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118 examples of Understatement in a sentence

To say that this movie is a let down would be a tremendous understatement.
It seemed to go along with the book very well (I read the original book over thirty years ago) Tonight I was excited for part two...what a disappointment!...and that's an understatement!!!
To say she fit the role perfectly, with her sniff of suspicion & acerbic way with dialogue, is a great understatement.
There are a number of fallacies and absurd situations: 1) Connery says the 5-mile meteor will have the power of 250,000,000 tons of TNT (or 250,000?); either way that would be an understatement.
The documentary style understatement used in this picture makes a welcome change from the usual encountered in other films of this type.
To say that it made for difficult watching is an understatement.
A sense of understatement, of unspoken horror.
To say that the story is lacking is a vast understatement and the movie moves at a snails pace.
Saying Bambi 2 is better than the original is a complete understatement.
To say he wasn't successful would be an understatement, as the plot requires a huge stretch of the imagination and the murders that happen early on never get anything in the way of an explanation.
To say this was too "preachy" or "obvious" is an understatement.
I'm sorry but saying this movie sucks is an understatement, the beginning and the ends were good, stay awake for the ending, despite the boring inbetween stuff, but don't miss the odd stuff inbetween it was either humorus, or gothic in a way.
To simply tag "Ganja & Hess" with a label of blaxploitation would be a serious understatement, as this is probably THE most ambitious 'black' film of entire 70's decade.
say there was some overacting going on would be a massive understatement.i
To say that this is an homage to Trufaut's 400 BLOWS would be an understatement.
Good may in fact be an understatement.
A talent untroubled by considerations of subtlety, good taste and understatement, but talent nonetheless.
To say the movie is bad is an understatement.
And that's an understatement.
to say this movie is bad is an understatement.
The quality of Jerry's films has been somewhat erratic (some might consider this an understatement), some great, some awful.
To say this movie is inert is much too great an understatement.
To say this was a huge disappointment is the understatement of my year.
To say this show was ahead of its time is a gross understatement (as others in this forum have already noted).
To say Joe Willie's talents lay elsewhere would be the understatement of the decade.
Spectacular is an understatement for this movie.
To say that this movie changed my life is a gross understatement to the testament of its magnitude on the movie experience.
To say this update is poor would be a gross understatement.
OK she is the epitome of an anime slut and thats an understatement.
To say that the humor was sophomoric is an understatement.
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