How to Use undercurrent in a Sentence

undercurrent

noun

• You could be pulled under water by the dangerous undercurrents.
• The nose is full of raisin and wood with a ripe plum undercurrent.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 July 2024
• Then, there is the new gambling undercurrent to the game.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 28 May 2021
• That undercurrent of pathos is not present in The Books of Jacob.
  — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
• There’s an Irish undercurrent on a couple of the new songs.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 8 Mar. 2021
• There was an undercurrent of glee in the cavernous room.
  — John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
• The debate was the roiling undercurrent of the will-he-or-won’t-he drama over Biden these last few weeks.
  — Christian Paz, Vox, 21 July 2024
• The underdog theme has been an undercurrent in the first few weeks of this season.
  — Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2022
• Beyond the pony tails and fun food, there is a darker undercurrent.
  — Mark Stevenson, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
• The mood at the shows was mostly upbeat, but there was an undercurrent of tension.
  — Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021
• Of course, there's still that undercurrent of grief, which will never leave.
  — Aaron Morrison, ajc, 15 July 2022
• Of course, there’s still that undercurrent of grief, which will never leave.
  — Aaron Morrison, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022
• On the other hand, there’s a jarring undercurrent that’s rarely talked about.
  — Emma Firth, Vogue, 7 July 2023
• This is the undercurrent of the whole film, which serves as a reminder that Beyoncé is one of one—the only one.
  — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2023
• The mood of these songs is mystical and searching, but with an undercurrent of grief.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024
• The undercurrent of the women taking their own power transcends through the screen for sure.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• All the elements of the house come together add to the undercurrent of unease.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
• Shiv and Tom’s great battle is the sickly undercurrent to all of the Roy misfortunes.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 May 2023
• While many of the summer’s hits have a buoyant feel, there’s a darker undercurrent too.
  — Neil Shah, WSJ, 7 July 2021
• Even among front-of-house employees who are on board with the changes, there’s an undercurrent of concern, Lopez said.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 June 2021
• But like the darkest, whirling undercurrents of the Umpqua River, her trauma runs deep.
  — Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
• The national undercurrents do not mean that the usual list of hot topics at city halls has changed.
  — Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023
• The area is also known for strong undercurrents that migrants may also fail to see above the surface.
  — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 4 July 2023
• On the morning of July 8, Janice Tappin-Miller is warm, but the undercurrent of grief is strong.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 1 Aug. 2022
• At what point did the book’s erotic undercurrent enter the picture?
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2021
• There is a strong undercurrent of anger among our students.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
• It’s been 40 years since the first one came out, and there’s this whole emotional undercurrent to the film that shows us a different side to Axel.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
• Trading Betts will sting for a while, and lends an undercurrent of dread here about the future of other homegrown All-Stars.
  — New York Times, 10 July 2022
• Lily and Ryle start dating, but an undercurrent of uneasiness runs through their relationship.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2024
• Pulling undercurrents to the surface and displaying intimate relationships in the harsh glare of civic power, Guiraudie exposes the erotic energy on which society runs and the soul-killing repression that smothers small-town life like a pall.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024