However he carries it off with real pathos and at times almost heroic understatement.
Either way, it is clear he was a writer who preferred hint and understatement, a wink instead of a nudge.
Apart from his many other talents, he is also master of the understatement.
For those in need of a true soul album, loaded with understatement, look no further.
Clearly, living so long and so intimately with other people has made him a master of the understatement.
More than half a century later the country has moved from understatement to groundless exaggeration.
When Sumner gets it right, his understatement and blokeish froideur are one of New Order's greatest strengths.
He was a natural diplomat, too, cool as a breeze under pressure and a master of understatement.
Evan has a way of combining generous understatement with a big grin that is very endearing.
As with all his films to date, his understatement proves to be his greatest strength.
This song set the tone for the downbeat understatement that the event traditionally displays.
To say I crammed too many tomatoes into that small section is an understatement.
Skinny ties, slicked pompadours, and lots of lace turn excess into an understatement of seismic proportions.
At that moment, to say that our cup overfloweth would have been an understatement.
To say that it is convoluted and extremely complicated is an understatement.
The adage, that truth is often stranger than fiction, is a huge understatement.
To say that we have a tremendous amount of work yet ahead of us is an understatement.
To say that he has a knack for being at the right place at the right time would be an understatement.
To say you could cut the atmosphere with a knife in the Thursfield camp would be an understatement.
Amazingly, the protagonist dismisses with understatement the loss of his factory job.
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To say that councillors are ambivalent about the idea is an understatement.
To say continuing education is important for golf course superintendents is an understatement.
Gone is sophistry, the elegance of understatement, the joy of imagining the concealed, regaling in the revealed.
To say that business wear has changed in the past couple of years is an understatement.
It's a hilarious film full of gems of comic absurdity that are mixed in with nonchalant understatement.
Well, calling this a grudging or a reluctant acceptance is a huge understatement, Bob.
Featuring solo parts for horn, piccolo, and clarinet, this is the one movement in the work that thrives on poignancy and understatement.
Yet this definition fails to explain instances of litotes, or understatement, which is often classified as a kind of irony.
To say that such a fate would be unpleasant would be an astronomically gross understatement.
Instead, it delivers a sinuous minerality larded with suave peachy fruit in perfectly poised understatement.
You will have gathered by now that it would be an understatement to say he is no admirer of his subject.
To say that the music is overblown and pretentious is rather an understatement.
It's an understatement to say that I'm gratified by the response generated by the inaugural podcast.
As an advocate for the cause, she is all the more effective for taking a line in wry understatement unusual in this context.
It is typing this message with its beak and watching me with an eye that makes beadiness an understatement of the highest order.
And to say that Simpson doesn't sentimentalize this role would be a massive understatement.
She is at once fiercely competitive and ladylike, a fighter to the death and yet a model of polite understatement.
I would have thought that that was a deft piece of understatement of what he was actually doing.
It would be an understatement to say that he trailed his coat in front of the House of Lords.
To say that his house was usually noisy, loud, and crowded would be an understatement.
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And he has repaid that faith in spades, humility and understatement his trademark all season, on and off the field.
Whatever his private feelings, he came up with exactly the correct understatement for the Cenotaph.
Albert's Sam is a study in understatement, slowly but surely getting under Izzy 's skin.
Unlike some competitors, which overdose you with their looks, this Bertone bodied Maserati is restrained understatement.
I only read it for the first time last year and it's no understatement to say it was a life-changing read.
The sequence is thus all the more powerful for its brevity and understatement.
To say the man was large would be an understatement beyond all understatements.
Sipping an orange juice in a west London gastropub, he turns out to be a master of the admirable understatement.
The film was an exercise in stylish understatement, and was all the better for it.
If anything, Wells's work is an understatement, because Ellsberg is beyond mythomania.
One of the ways he achieves the element of understatement is by usually talking quietly.
This is a harrowing play made all the more poignant by its understatement.
Michael Caine really nailed the world weariness of his character, and his growing sense of anger and despair was completely sold through understatement.
Intensity is what she is after and you don't normally get that by pulling your punches, though of course understatement and restraint can sometimes be equally effective.
To say it has been a revelatory experience would be an understatement.
To say that the federal case filed in Boston is complex is an understatement.
However, for the organisers, contestants like Laura and those like her are a Godsend, because to say that beauty pageants are a magnet for criticism is an understatement.
To say that the past few years have been a watershed period of improvement for LGBT America is an understatement.
Saying that shards of broken glass are razor sharp is an understatement.
To say the wine is unctuously textured is an understatement.
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The reading of his will raised some eyebrows, to riot in understatement.
To say the game could have done with a goal then is understatement.
It would be an understatement to say that it was a bolt out of the blue.
But the truth can be told with powerful understatement as well, in words and visual images that create empathy without turning the American people into paranoid voyeurs.
To say the aircraft was squirrelly would be an understatement.
Handley JA always appeared with a halo above his head to mark his manifest saintliness, a point picked up with typical understatement in the essay on him.
To say we've beaten the odds against success is an understatement.
It would be an understatement to say that there was no swank.
To say I'm freaked out is an understatement, but as soon as I left a small drawing of a pentacle in the sand, the other Pagan respectfully stayed away from my area.
The North American imagists, although stimulated by French symbolism, tended to use the metaphor sparingly and relied on a poetry of understatement.
During its course, this class developed a highly competitive intramural athletic program, where competition was keen and spirited, perhaps a classic understatement.
Swann spends nine months convalescing morosely, only snapping out of it when his housekeeper, played with tight-lipped understatement by Sarah Lancashire, buys him a camera.
Stale is an understatement for the dry and musty-tasting honey-saffron tea cake, hidden beneath a garden scene, all done in gaudily coloured but bland fondant icing.
Although to say the man was a big influence on me musically would be a gross understatement, I will personally remember Piggy best for his disarming demeanour.
To call him a character would be an understatement, but beneath the eccentric exterior lurked a diver with levels of discipline and skill I have rarely seen on my travels.
He's either a master of understatement, or West Springfield is freakier than we thought.
It is not an understatement to call Wendy Boston revolutionary in the history of teddy bears.
In a similar vein, a trader can evade customs duty by understatement of quantity or volume of the product of trade.
An Orcadian is a native of Orkney, a term that reflects a strongly held identity with a tradition of understatement.
To say that Ellie is obsessed with marching band would be an understatement.
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To say that James Gunn is ecstatic is a vast understatement.
To say Nelson has been dogged by controversies since he was chief of Roseau River First Nation is an understatement.
Exsqueeze me, but saying I don't have much to go on is a ridiculous understatement. Give me something to think about, Sel.
Declaring the vessel a hazard to navigation was an understatement as two more collisions happened with MV Tricolor in the days after the sinking.
To say he went on a tear after turning professional would be an understatement. He went fourteen fights without tasting defeat.
To say that the aftermath has been messy would be an understatement.
To say they were hot, tired, dirty, odorsome, and in pain would be like saying that boars had bad breath...a large understatement.
To say I am cheesed off is an understatement I hope authorities involved will take note of.
To say that actress Lee Grant has seen it all would be an understatement.
That is why, many cultural observers perceive English as the language of understatement.
To say Paula Broadwell is an overachiever is an understatement.
That may sound like the understatement of the century, and maybe it is.
Ryan prefers the aw-shucks understatement of an earnestly furrowed brow.
To say the Pittsburgh Penguins are a top-heavy club is an understatement.... The club is therefore completely reliant on Crosby and Co. to carry the mail up front.
Craig understands the importance of understatement, unlike fist-pumping jumping bean Bruno Tonioli, and Darcey Bussell is the class act, always talking sense.
They conform with the spirit of timelessness and waspy understatement that Ralph Lauren built his empire on, while incorporating the odd, counterintuitive cut.
If that was the understatement of the century, nobody in theIf we're with Lions' squad was blaming the Welshman for their dreams being ripped away.
Though Prokovsky sometimes prolongs a scene, or overdresses it with too many characters, audiences usually respond joyously, preferring excess to understatement.

They represent understatement to the nth when applied to the front trenches.
Taken literally, however, it was an understatement of the facts and wholly insincere.
To say we are disappointed is an understatement,'' Kennedy coach Bob Francola said.
The dryness in his tone was a paragraph of comment on my understatement.
Many times was an understatement, Latham thought wretchedly.
To say that Arthur Schlesinger was one of the 20th century's great social and political gadabouts would be a gross understatement.
If a substantial understatement occurred, then the penalty was imposed.
To say that Scamp Theatre's production of Tiddler And Other Terrific Tales has met with Julia Donaldson's approval is something of an understatement.

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