understatement

Example Sentences

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To describe Italy's qualifying campaign as anything other than eventful would be quite the understatement.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

To call CF an under-the-radar company may be an understatement.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Millersburg will be a hotbed of drama—and not all of it on the stage, where Richard will direct his mother’s funeral with the understatement of Cecil B. DeMille.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“To say this chronology represents, at a minimum, a concerning breach of the spirit of the dismissal order is an understatement, if not an outright violation of it,” Cannon wrote.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

To simply say Samira was "cool" would be the understatement of the century.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi