Use of understatement in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include understatement at the start of sentence, understatement at the end of sentence and understatement in the middle of sentence

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Spanish has no word for "understatement".
'A little strange'is a gross understatement.
To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.
To say we were pleased is an understatement .
To say she came gingerly is an understatement.
To say I am disappointed is an understatement.
To say the movie was bad is an understatement .
To say I was surprised would be an understatement.
Well, I am no medical man, but that is an understatement.
To say that I was surprised is somewhat of an understatement.
To call Michael Lawrence a high flyer would be an understatement.
To suggest that Niagara was an obsession with him is an understatement.
To say marine life is abundant is to be guilty of a gross understatement.
To say that the teaching staff were not Anglo-Catholic is an understatement.
To say that the military is secretive about this technology would be an understatement.
'We have not done quite well enough,' Macmillan said, with characteristic understatement.
"We both have an interesting 10 days coming up," said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.

That's the biggest understatement of all time!
That may have been the understatement of the year.
Female speaker That's the understatement of the year.
He always goes for subtlety and understatement in his movies.
To say he wasn't amused must be the understatement of the year.
He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.
He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.
To say that her resignation was a shock would be an understatement - it caused panic.
'These figures are a bit disappointing.' 'That's got to be the understatement of the year.'
Odd is an understatement of classic proportions, but then M R James is a very understated writer.
That New York City is not a peaceful place to live is the understatement of the year/month/century.
Peter Cameron tells sad stories with tender grace and understatement, as if his work were composed of panels of watercolor.

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