put it mildly
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The diet culture of the ’90s was never totally vanquished, and Ozempic has complicated narratives about body size, health, and self-love, to put it mildly.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Neither of those were great times to be buying stocks, to put it mildly.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
“Fandom” is essentially synonymous with “unreasonable” at this point, and the “Heated Rivalry” fandom can be quite unreasonable, to put it mildly.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026
But, to put it mildly, OpenAI doesn’t have the income to cover its costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Billington was not among the company of saints, to put it mildly; within six months of arrival he became the first European in America to be tried for sassing the police.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
