How To Use Understated In A Sentence

Some rooms were once first-floor barns and feature original timber and stone in very modern but understated designs.
The implications of the refusal of the hand are clear and yet beautifully understated.
It has been long known as a patrician, white-shoe firm with an air so understated and secretive that at least one former exec likened it to working at the CIA.
It was quiet and strong and understated and open-hearted: all qualities which define this character. Lenny Kravitz to Play Cinna in Hunger Games
They both have a powerful sense of humour and an understated wit that makes you look very carefully at what's on the page in case you miss anything.

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As an actor, Poitier was quite effective in his understated, quietly confident way.
One final piece of understated showmanship: when the band came back for the encore, they straggled on in a seemingly random fashion.
The chemistry between De Niro and Grodin, a solid and smart script by George Gallo and ideally understated direction by Martin Brest. Midnight Run 2 Really Happening; De Niro Returning | /Film
For her part, Alpert has a keen and understated wit.
The Canadian designer Angella Mackey makes a women's shell with a snap-in LED light strip, and L.A.-based Aether's Transit jacket has understated reflective black strips. Easy Riders
This understatedly remarkable feat of writing and performance is set with only subtle suggestions of place. Times, Sunday Times
He wore pitch-black pants and a black shirt with understated ruffles at the neck and sleeves.
She points to the Oscar Party Legs, the ones a drunken Jack Nicholson tried to violate after he won for Cuckoo's Nest, and the understated Nonprofit Fundraiser Legs she wore to Jerry Lewis Telethons, and the fake-tanned State Dinner with Reagan and Gorbachev Legs that the Secretary of State made her cover up with a long hemline, because their shade matched Gorbachev's birthmark. Centipede
Instead, we were presented with bland technical data, neat, sanitised diagrams and understated text.
My post, while intentionally understated, is meant to provoke one to think about the insanity of "sameness" being the purpose of education. "No Child Left Behind" Is Nothing New In Albuquerque
His resigned acceptance of the situations in which the plot places him is a masterpiece of understated comedy acting and very, very effective.
The band prefers to keep things very understated, but they never skimp on melody or song structure, which, though simple, doesn't fail to captivate.
But they mocked it in a sufficiently understated manner that, if you'll indulge me, I'm going to try to get a little more mileage out of it.
Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas Some are ornate, others as understatedly handsome as a steamer trunk. Sometimes It's Not Just a Cigar Box
It still has an elegant and fluid design, understated rather than flash, but sadly it is missing the distinctive boomerang-shaped rear lights.
Owen Wilson has a smarmy-cool, utterly natural screen persona of smiles, cheeky ad-libs and ironically understated wisecracks.
Sometimes the songs have a folksy sway, cool melodic lines unfolding with squeezebox sounds, soft basslines and understated percussion around them; sometimes, they coolly shuffle like the bouncier songs of Madeleine Peyroux. Half Seas Over: Half Seas Over
A very straightforward narrative told with understated cinematic technique, this is not an excuse to show off how cool it can be to dismember a character using computer graphics.
The Olympic testing programme has been unfurling with a quiet precision and understated efficiency since May, such that the number of events that have already taken place, from modern pentathlon to mountain biking, would probably surprise you apparently there was even a trial of Wimbledon as the Olympic tennis venue – it was called the All England Championships and won by a Novak Djokovic. Sebastian Coe must be running on Jedi mind control| Emma John
Subtle and understated, he acts and shouts his way through scenes with inimitable style.
Lesser fly-on-the-wall programmes would have ladled the pathos on with a shovel but there's an unfussy, understated humanity here. TV highlights 29/06/2011: Killer Tigers | Timeshift: Hotel Deluxe | Finding Amelia | The Apprentice | Afghanistan: The Battle For Helmand | 24 Hours in A&E
Lyrically poetic and understated, this album has a churchly feel that makes for perfect nighttime chillout music.
A supermarket assistant, in cahoots with a customer, wrapped goods and deliberately understated the price.
This means that when fundamentalists say they are obeying the word of God, they have severely understated the authority for their position.
Don Shirley, an understated man with steel-frame glasses and a scraggly beard, was a kindred spirit.
The whole house is understated, which reflects the owners, who primarily wanted a house that was liveable for them.
The fabrics are understated, using simple knits, jersey cotton and moleskins.
And whilst she was statuesque, her body was fully in proportion, slim and shapely, moulded by a carefully understated outfit.
They often understated their coal output.
The pilot episode/movie does an excellent job of establishing the characters and backstory, and creates a quietly understated atmosphere of creepiness.
Subtlety is the foremost element in this suavely written and understated novel.
Nor do we taint John Le Carre's understated brilliance with the unpalatable thought that Jeffrey Archer is forever trying helplessly to write in roughly the same genre.
It is a stylised drama with understated dialogue that depends on recognition of key words and concepts.
The direction, too, is smart and understated and is helped by the film's clear, naturalistic cinematography.
The result on the catwalk was a chic, two-tone handbag with a sleek, understated feel, which falls in line with the minimalist diktats of recent Paris fashion weeks. Victoria Beckham changes gear with a confident New York fashion week show
It's an impressive, understated debut that repays repeated listens.
They range from lovely, understated elegance and simplicity to wild extravagance.
An understated shine, something that says ‘Wood Underneath!’ with no suggestion of plasticization or laminate or (gag) thermo foil. Outfoxed Diary Entry
Written in richly described flashbacks that slowly reveal the characters 'almost surreal connections, this deceptively understated novel asks crucial questions about how to live and reconcile history in an atomic age. The Ash Garden: Summary and book reviews of The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock.
Understated self-confidence and unbreakable positivity is his way.
Unflouncy apart from a touch of frill at the back, this winner sported a demure v-neck, sleek, unfussy hair and understated makeup.
Saxophonist Greg Tardy provides a good foil with some subtly understated and nostalgic lines that catch the mood of the night.
Bressler had, it was plain, been promptly informed, and Anthony's condition exaggerated rather than understated. IN LOVE AND WAR
Dine on fried yuca and fresh snapper at Puerto Sagua 700 Collins Ave., 305-673-1115, an understated diner-style restaurant with a traditional menu, long favored among South Beach locals for its authentic interpretations of Cuban cuisine. Take Monday Off: Cuban Miami
Like his restaurants, he typifies understated style and a calm underlying assurance of deep professionalism.
Lesser fly-on-the-wall programmes would have ladled the pathos on with a shovel but there's an unfussy, understated humanity here. TV highlights 29/06/2011: Killer Tigers | Timeshift: Hotel Deluxe | Finding Amelia | The Apprentice | Afghanistan: The Battle For Helmand | 24 Hours in A&E
Heated rollers and backcombing give lift to your roots before your hair is twisted into an understated up-do. Evening Standard - Home
Now, understatedly, the situation is much different.
Designers presented understated elegance, a lifestyle only for the initiated.
The result is a lot of simple wood shapes and accents of colour, with everything durable and understatedly chic. Times, Sunday Times
His recollections are more striking for being so understated and unburnished. Times, Sunday Times
Bleak façades, I thought, understated as only the very wealthy can understate them. DOUBTING THOMAS
Indeed, in their own quiet, understated way, that's what they've always done.
Phil Robson The Immeasurable Code British jazz guitarist Robson is no stranger to transatlantic partnerships, but this one with the understatedly persuasive American postbop saxophonist Mark Turner – a recording caught live on tour this year – might be the best of them. F&M playlist
He is a wonderfully understated character with the gentle knowing presence of an outsider who understands.
It was all so quietly elegant, so understated, so beautifully comme il faut. RESCUING ROSE
Gene Wilder is brilliantly understated as the Waco Kid, a stark contrast to the neurotic nebbish Leo Bloom in Brooks's The Producers.
LUI: Steinunn is succeeding by promoting her label online and showing her clothes in Paris, Copenhagen, and New York, but she is staying true to her understated Nordic style. CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2009
Of course, if "greige" is a little understated for you, you could always get a set of William and Kate nail decals. April Daniels Hussar: The 10 Craziest Moments of Royal Wedding Frenzy Yet
Second, I can't help but cast a somewhat skeptical eye at assertions that Obama's polling numbers are understated because they miscount/undercount the youth vote. Poll: Obama, Romney Ahead In Iowa
Then there is the classic, who aims for an understated look in camel, beige, cream and navy.
The risk for the purchaser is that the vendor may have understated the scope and extent of the creditors.
These are two thoughtful performances in a carefully understated film that has a number of erudite lines without ever becoming preachy.
Her vocals are appreciably understated, without any pseudo-Gospel falderol or excessive scat. Refining Classic Sounds
She's sympathetic without being drippy, extremely levelheaded, and (for a change) her sexuality is understated.
Softley said that he was impressed by Roach's "understated and naturalistic" acting: "She took her work seriously without being 'actressy'," he said. Thatcher role puts 'troublemaker from the valleys' on road to stardom
One of the city's oldest ryokan, it has only 19 rooms, each one perfection in understated style.
As for jeans, the backlash has begun on skinny jeans in women's fashion — bell-bottom versions have made frightening appearances on runways — and will follow in men's as well, though hopefully in a more understated way. No Headline Available
The novel uses these worn motifs to create a subtext of understated feelings.
I thought his pink confetti tweed skirt suit with an understated floral embroidered scalloped hem was right on the money.
The understated melody, the fluid rhythmical meter, the ingenious subtlety, together with random orchestration.
Many are understated for much of the year, coming into their own in midwinter.
It inspired her approach to the song - folky, understated with an undercurrent of soul. The Sun
He became the biggest superstar of world rugby, but he is an understated hero.
Now owned by Robin Bextor, a television director who sometimes shoots the videos for his daughter Sophie Ellis Bextor, there is an appealing and understated stylishness to the place, which makes it just perfect for the mislaying of whole afternoons. The 20 best places to eat in Britain this summer
He's dressed in scruffy jeans and a faded biker jacket, talking in quiet, understated tones.
It can be understatedly elegant or wildly exotic, it all depends on you. Courtney Cachet: What's Hot Right Now: Turquoise
The atmosphere throughout is one of understated elegance and the highest standards of comfort and luxury.
Experts like Freyle claim the official estimate of casualties is way understated.
Critics have noted his careful research, objectivity, and a lucid and understated but straightforward writing style.
My boyfriend looks pretty ordinary, but he's intelligent in an understated way.
Thus Dreyfuss gave us his character, an ordinary man caught up in wheels of justice spinning out of control, a simple, understated dignity.
The phrases are sharp, uncluttered, often loaded with an understated black humour.
But the simplicity of trading Pokemon clutching gifts is understatedly sweet, and it's especially fun to meet up with a pal to play locally. Archive 2008-02-01
This season's touchstone of understated femininity is soon to be passed over in favour of sexed-up, vibrant skirts and dresses, as seen at Roland Mouret, or in favour of a new androgyny championed on the catwalk by Dries Van Noten and Balenciaga. Paris fashion week: wardrobe updates
The simple "tap-to-drop" controls are great, the bevy of play options is superb, and even though the music and presentation may be a ltitle understated, they fit the game perfectly. 1UP RSS feed
In masterly understated fashion he talks of what a ‘lovely time’ his stint with Celtic has provided him.
‘Yes, this is a testing time,’ he understatedly said.
PESCA: And there was Coach Bob Bradley, a man for whom the word understated is an understatement, positively emoting. U.S. Advances After Late Goal Against Algeria
There's an understated confidence about the food, and the service allows you to sit back and truly relax.
I guess the term understated or subdued (SP?) seems to fit. Home Theater Forum
Bacon plays all the pieces with a rather understated, unshowy technique, where the music is always of prime importance.
Only a wine of suavity, complexity and yet understated ambition could do him justice.
The use of block colours in black, anthracite, charcoal gray, indigo, winter white and red-brown complements this understated and practical collection.
Now opera has rarely been a naturalistic medium, and never an understated one.
Men's shirts also take a multicultural spin with the guayabera, also known as a Latin bowling shirt, which is cut in a standard silhouette but features small vertical pleats and understated embroidery down the front.
More from Anthropologie, we have this plaid trench, which is understated and stylish and this adorable shift dress.
He's dressed in scruffy jeans and a faded biker jacket, talking in quiet, understated tones.
Whether in strophic arias, simple canzonettas or elaborate madrigals, Kiehr's singing is effortlessly lush and nicely emotionally understated.
This brand emits an understated, international confidence, dating back to early jet-setting.
The whole house is understated, which reflects the owners, who primarily wanted a house that was liveable for them.
Whether in strophic arias, simple canzonettas or elaborate madrigals, Kiehr's singing is effortlessly lush and nicely emotionally understated.
Yet despite maintaining a slow and meditative pace throughout, The Consequences of Love is peppered with moments of understated wit.
A supermarket assistant, in cahoots with a customer, wrapped goods and deliberately understated the price.
The good news is that I have understated our assets, and there is a trust that factors in to add a "cush" factor. Need your advice on our "PLAN"
He delivers a perfectly understated and physically nuanced performance as the 'other man' in the love triangle.
This simple statement does little to describe the lifestyle he would have endured under such circumstances, and his response matches his understated, uncomplaining attitude.
You and the others who prefer to preach in understated, refined language may look down your noses at me from the Mountain of the Better People; but I caution you: as surely as the economics of wreckage shatters the land of the common people who want for warning, so too does it lay low those who thought it best to call softly and with refined dignity from their higher place. Your Right Hand Thief
There are still people who would go for a cool understated chic, and in our time of personally indulgent dressing this is probably the time to do it.
Her slate was clutched in one shapely manicured hand, her low-volume silica mask perched on an unlined forehead, her gear a subtle symphony of colour co-ordination and understated wealth.
Clipped, laconic, understated, but with quirky rubatos and accelerandos to convey something simmering underneath.
It may be too sweet for some, but this type of understated solidarity is the only kind of sentimentalism I can really bear.
Step 3: Put it to an understated tune that Sufjan Stevens or She & Him might be proud to call their own -- a lo-fi little ditty that's every bit as unassuming as the animation itself. ANIMATION OF THE DAY: When Star Wars gets a new director's cut
Aged patina and marble finishes on fabrics will give subtle understated looks to natural fabrics.
On the contrary, a limpid, understated vignette can be just as strong and striking.
Public rooms are comfortably understated and open onto well-kept gardens, while its 20 bedrooms, some of them squeezed into extravagantly timbered loft spaces, are all cosily warm and well-equipped.
Relying on natural light and without gimmicks or props, his work was often understated and subtle but easily accessible.
But despite spending a week in this fascinating and understated tourist destination, I still have not unscrambled the evidence to prove whether the colourful stories surrounding Robin and his merry men really are fact or fiction.
And my favourite unsung big budget film is ‘Unbreakable’, which I love for its understated quality and the depth of its silences.
The room is pleasant and understated.
Evoking that golden age, here is a beautiful album showing just those subtle shades of pace, interaction, understanding and sheer understated skill, on flute and fiddle with piano, guitar and bouzouki accompaniment.
In ties, classic patterns such as regimental stripes, understated geometrics, or even solids are worked in luxurious, textured silks.
Like most ads of its kind, it is self-consciously understated; but as it happens, it is just a little too smug for its own good.
Innovation was quietly continuous, prompting an ethos of understated optimism.
As usual, Mike's genuine modesty understated his ability, but then he sincerely doubted his talents, even though they were there for all to see.
Hotel du Lac Carling is quiet, with an understated ambience that washes over you as soon as you pull up beside the waterfall in front of a modern gray stone and knotty pine lodge.
While I tend to lean more toward an understated aesthetic myself – and did a whole project around that type of recycling fiftyRX3 – NOKI has his roots in clubbing and styling music performers, so that may lead his designs to be more costume than daily attire. NOKI – House of Sustainability | Inhabitat
The result is an understated simplicity in the design of the clothes, but also a richness of texture and colour.
With understated brilliance, she uses typical photographic structures to picture atypical family groupings.
He wore a navy blue blazer bearing the elegant understated monogram of the Mayhew Academy. FAITHLESS: TALES OF TRANSGRESSION
There is a love of natural forms and an appreciation of understated elegance.
Each item is also faithful to a set of core principles including value for money, simple, functional design and basic, understated colour.
He weaves his magic in subtle ways, backing his reedy vocals with understated piano, synthesiser or guitar arrangements. The Sun
By comparing Libor with that indicator and others -- such as the rate on three-month bank deposits known as the Eurodollar rate -- Mr. Peng estimates Libor may be understated by 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points. Bankers Cast Doubt
I found myself haunted by the beauty of these songs and the crystalline balance of Scholl's counter-tenor with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's understated accompaniments.
The atmosphere throughout is one of understated elegance and the highest standards of comfort and luxury.
His hilariously understated reactions and his gift for physical comedy help carry the film.
Like his restaurants, he typifies understated style and a calm underlying assurance of deep professionalism.
The handsome but understated counters are nonabsorptive and are oiled every few months, Mr. Levine said. Post-gazette.com - News
While never less than good, laden with charming, understated melodies and beautifully turned lyrics, some of the album feels lightweight by comparison with Cave's back catalogue.
The music here is invariably understated, and just as invariably powerful, creating a simple — often jangly — backdrop for the vocals. Times, Sunday Times
Brand-name hookups looking obvious, yet understated. Darkness Before Dawn
Bleak façades, I thought, understated as only the very wealthy can understate them. DOUBTING THOMAS
The high street's most brilliant purveyor of understated cool does fabulous scanties. Times, Sunday Times
Carman smiles and claps (and they are polite, understated ladylike claps), delighted.
The Neruda poems are of course quite wonderful, but I probably never would have encountered them if my eye had not been caught that day by the understated but elegant drawing of a saltcellar on the cover. Archive 2007-02-01
And platinum, because of its subdued, understated style, becomes the perfect choice.
These are fine realizations, if more understated than those of his colleagues.
Don Shirley, an understated man with steel-frame glasses and a scraggly beard, was a kindred spirit.
Infinitely understated but eminently sophisticated, this album is a treat made for incurable romantics to love unreservedly.
She nervously looked around, trying to soothe her jangled nerves by taking in the trendy, understated décor. I.O.U.
‘He didn't exactly embrace the editing process,’ my editor said, hinting, albeit understatedly, at the reporter's obstreperous personality.
The nose and side moldings help offer an aggressive look while the interior of the car is understated and functional.
The understated white-painted shopfront on Candlemaker Row belies the bold, enthralling worlds that lie behind it. Independent bookshops in Scotland
Her cool, unsmiling, aloof look, to say nothing of her understated but hip fashion sense, goes along well with her her musical style.
It has that rare and refreshing eloquence of the understated.
The tempos were well judged, the instrumentalists understatedly stylish, and everything was pleasingly well sung. Times, Sunday Times
That doesn't mean William isn't ambitious; born when the sun is strongest, Cancers have an understated power that runs deep; they have to feel their way through things. Virginia Bell: William and Kate: Star-Crossed Lovers or Soul Mates?
Guests, whether vacationers or conventioneers from the U.S. or Latin America, tend to be understated couples, families and adults, rather than the skimpily-clad twentysomething revelers (e.g. Snooki and the Situation) from Ocean Drive or the glitzy social climbers from the Fontainebleau (which is bigger than the Titanic). Dwight Brown: A Sunny South Florida Vacation Without the Thongs and Six-Packs
He carries off the ambiguousness of Prot's character with understated precision.
The subtle string flourishes and guitar parts in the background are what really make the song, though, as Rouse's voice is merely serviceable in the understated verses.
These are two thoughtful performances in a carefully understated film that has a number of erudite lines without ever becoming preachy.
But, if we follow Schwarzbach, Dickens's description of the street mire in Holborn is, if anything, understated - ‘mud’ is not hyperbole, but litotes.
Their understated, yet lucid look at both the old and the new, serves as a reminder that indeed, simple is still good - regardless of the technology involved.
But there is a sort of understated, brilliance to this funk track, more easily appreciated after several listenings.
The plain grey silk wall panels and simple curtains, in fabrics by Pierre Frey, convey understated luxury without being stodgy - there are no fussy swags and tassels.
There are now 40 rooms with an understated contemporary feel, while the dining room has a lovely coffered ceiling. Times, Sunday Times
And a square of lightly scalloped white potatoes layered with sweet potatoes is pleasantly understated.
Understated but well-placed sequencers on ‘Our Town,’ the impressive and sweeping album opener, work.
It was all so quietly elegant, so understated, so beautifully comme il faut. RESCUING ROSE
Elaine McQuade, who is always elegant, was in understated grey jacket and trousers and I’m afraid that if Kerry Katona was there, I either missed her, or didn’t recognize her. 57 entries from March 2007
Sister hotel to the trendy Almyra, the Annabelle is a slightly more traditional property - all grand pianos and understated elegance. Top stories from Times Online
Another was more understated and had no caretakers but effused solemn peace in and of itself.
It is a stylised drama with understated dialogue that depends on recognition of key words and concepts.
It is a plaintive, understated effort infused with dolour and an air of vulnerability.
Somewhere, stylistically, between country rock and folk roots, this Minneapolis-based songwriter has an original, weathered and understatedly expressive voice for a 23-year-old.
Fulfilling his own expectations is the deeper motivation and, typically, his re-entrance to top-level competition has not been understated. Times, Sunday Times
It's about wearing expensive clothes insouciantly, or cheap clothes with outrageous attitude, part stealth luxe, part understated showiness. Times, Sunday Times
The dining area is understated and tasteful, and thanks to a few interior dodges (fake windows and the odd mirror) it avoids inducing claustrophobia.
Right now Teal was understated and still capable of playing things close to the vest.
He wore pitch-black pants and a black shirt with understated ruffles at the neck and sleeves.
Very understatedly handled, in so far as you can handle a decaptitated head understatedly! Watch Layer Cake: live!
On the whole, I wish they treated Harrison Ford with the same understated subtlety the North Korean press reserves for Kim Jong Il. The whip-toting, punch-packing [Ed. Note: Seriously?], snake-hating, globe-trotting archaeologist with a fedora is back on screen in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” debuting worldwide Thursday, May 22, 2008. INDIANA JONES IS GREASING UP THE BULLWHIP
Walking in front of Beltran through the dugout was his friend and successor in center field, Angel Pagan, and if Mets fans sometimes haven't fully appreciated Beltran's understated excellence during his tenure with the team, Pagan over the last two days gave them a taste of the alternative. A Flushing Farewell?
‘He didn't exactly embrace the editing process,’ my editor said, hinting, albeit understatedly, at the reporter's obstreperous personality.
It's an understated, totally assured, and unostentatious style.
He got the job done in his own quiet, unassuming, understated way.
Slim, bald, and carefully courteous, he is the most understated Glaswegian you could meet, palpably different from the aggressively rumbustious salesmen that used to dominate the arms industry.
Ellis is one of South Africa's leading winemakers, and this understated citrus fruity, subtly oaked Chardonnay is a triumph.
Countless sounds are utilised, from a harp to a child's toy, while Adem's understated voice is reedy and affecting, belying the fact that he was merely the bass player in Fridge.
At 57, he has the same feel as one of the bespoke suits he used to sell - conservative and understated but with a quality that speaks for itself.
They range from lovely, understated elegance and simplicity to wild extravagance.
Daddy has a Robert De Niro kind of understated menace and when you see him at work with his barber's blade, the effect is to make your internal organs shrink with squeamish empathy.
Even the channa masala, a whole-chickpea stew, is understated here, gently flavored with cinnamon and cardamom.
The fabrics are understated, using simple knits, jersey cotton and moleskins.

How To Use Understated In A Sentence

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