How to Use beneath in a Sentence

beneath

1 of 2 adverb

• The ground beneath is covered with flowers.
• The fabric and the padding that was once beneath it haven’t been found.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• However, the ice breaks, and the things that lie beneath will come to light.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
• The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil and everything else that lies beneath.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
• To check, turn the item over and remove a portion of the dust catcher beneath.
  — Washington Post, 3 May 2022
• This will help to make sure that the shampoo can penetrate the coat and reach the skin beneath.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
• But a rhythmic pattern thrums beneath, based on the grain of the wood the piece is painted on.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The search: The daunting mission covers the ocean’s surface and the vast depths beneath.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• About 50 people can line the top deck but the true horrors lie beneath.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• The zoo is trying to build a cougar exhibit where some of the graves lie beneath.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2023
• So much fresh snow has fallen here and ice lies beneath.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
• The protective layer is at the top, with the UTG layer just beneath.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 5 Aug. 2020
• On the surface, the Rio Grande appears placid, but strong currents run beneath.
  — Peter Orsi, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019
• In those, cores were bored more than a foot down to observe the status of the concrete structural slab beneath.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
• Up went the attic floor, so crews could install air ducts beneath.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
• As the tsunami progressed, the rocks scraped along solid ground beneath.
  — Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
• On the dash are a pull button for the headlights and, beneath, a foot pedal for the parking brake—pure Detroit.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
• Anuel made his bones with music that was aggressive and in-your-face -- now, he’s shown the craft beneath.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2020
• Today, Lacefield writes, much of the fertile dark soil that gave the area its name has weathered away to the chalk bedrock beneath.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 12 Nov. 2021
• This means two of the ends are folded, leaving unfinished edges that could scratch the floor beneath.
  — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
• The theater of the fruit yolk bursting, the flavors melding, that lovely light crunch beneath...?
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
• The upper box of text refers to the crackers and cupboard boxed directly beneath.
  — The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
• The lake of alcoholic geniality parted briefly to show the teeth of the mind beneath.
  — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Wired, 13 Nov. 2020
• Its two tunnels meet to form a large dome, creating a sea of colors to walk beneath.
  — Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
• As the sun beats down on a small vineyard by the rippling waters of Grossraeschen Lake, there's little sign of the vast wound that lies beneath.
  — Fox News, 14 June 2018
• It was offered complete with the white blouse Garland wore beneath.
  — CNN, 25 May 2022
• The seminotchback lid, along with a hinged panel beneath, does a fine job of hiding the contents of your trunk from prying eyes.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
• Though not as soft as a faux fur blanket, a knit option provides good warmth and is just as cozy to wrap up in or nap beneath.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
• Maybe your home would clue you in to that creepy trap door at the bottom of your closet—and the even creepier mementos that lie beneath.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 7 July 2023
• Nigerian actress Temi Otedola oozed the mystery of a film noir femme fatale in a floor-length black coat, tightly cinched with the lacy hint of a negligee peeking out beneath.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024

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beneath

2 of 2 preposition

• The painting is hanging on the wall with a plaque beneath it.
• She wore a sweater beneath her coat.
• The paper was hidden beneath a pile of books.
• We had a picnic beneath a large tree.
• In the chapel, beneath two Marys, on top of the hill, there was a prayer book full of prayers.
  — Sasha Debevec-McKenney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
• The picket fence shuddered as the ground opened beneath us to take us all down.
  — Hazlitt, 31 May 2023
• At Gucci, the look featured a thick line on the top of the eye, and a thin one beneath it, and was inspired by Sophia Loren.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
• There is a sense of the person beneath the clothes, with ideas, likes, and dislikes, which is the essence of real style.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2023
• This leaves lots of space in the well beneath the tiny third-seat cushions for stowing gear.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
• Dump out any standing water in the saucer beneath the pot.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2023
• Or maybe a wealthy, small beach town that doesn’t want a rail project that connects San Diego to the rest of the country beneath their homes.
  — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
• It’s been, from day one, kind of bend your knees and ride the wave, and trust this foundation that Amy and Dan have built beneath us.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 26 May 2023
• Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
• Another stripe of snow can be seen beneath high clouds from the central Plains of Kansas to the Great Lakes.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• The ride home made things so much worse for Gino and Jasmine, as the woman dropped her phone beneath the car seat.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• In small text beneath the Buy Box’s buttons, the company lists the seller that a click or tap will buy from.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• But tucked beneath the dramatic peaks of the Brenta Dolomites, Madonna di Campiglio is well worth the detour.
  — Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
• Was beef mouth trying to clown these kids for loving a rock group beneath his awareness?
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
• Harlow is featured twice in the video rapping in front of a trash can fire set up beneath the Second Street Bridge.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
• One of those moons, Europa, has a deep, briny ocean beneath its frozen crust and is among the most promising places in the solar system to look for alien life.
  — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2023
• The tourist craft — many damaged in the storm — allow passengers to view fish swimming beneath the boats.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Jackie recently spent 62 hours straight on the nest in an attempt to keep the eggs warm, sometimes buried beneath snow.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Anson has been using old oil wells to to explore the amount of lithium in brine, a salty liquid, deep beneath the ground.
  — Associated Press, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
• Researchers now know more about what is happening to the brain beneath the helmet.
  — Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
• The man was elegantly dressed in a navy gabardine suit, white shirt, and red tie, with the legs of his trousers neatly pinned up beneath him.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• Men tend to store most of their excess body fat around the midsection and to store it deeper in the body beneath the layer of muscles.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2023
• Now the former Dean Street boy assesses the folding wheeled cart, the bungee cords, the plastic milk crates shoved beneath the table.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
• The pump moves water from the Kings onto Cameron’s grape fields, flooding them in order to recharge the groundwater aquifers beneath them.
  — Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
• Once Knight begins speaking, Kaufman’s note slips beneath her voice, still there, but in the background.
  — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2023
• The decrease in elasticity can also enable fat beneath the eyes to puff forward, accentuating eye bags.
  — Genevieve Monsma, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024