(1) As with all his films to date, his understatement proves to be his greatest strength.(2) I only read it for the first time last year and it's no understatement to say it was a life-changing read.(3) More than half a century later the country has moved from understatement to groundless exaggeration.(4) The film was an exercise in stylish understatement , and was all the better for it.(5) It's a hilarious film full of gems of comic absurdity that are mixed in with nonchalant understatement .(6) To say the game could have done with a goal then is understatement .(7) The sequence is thus all the more powerful for its brevity and understatement .(8) For those in need of a true soul album, loaded with understatement , look no further.(9) This song set the tone for the downbeat understatement that the event traditionally displays.(10) This is a harrowing play made all the more poignant by its understatement .(11) a master of English understatement(12) One of the ways he achieves the element of understatement is by usually talking quietly.(13) Either way, it is clear he was a writer who preferred hint and understatement , a wink instead of a nudge.(14) to say I am delighted is an understatement(15) Apart from his many other talents, he is also master of the understatement .(16) He was a natural diplomat, too, cool as a breeze under pressure and a master of understatement .