How to Use underpinning in a Sentence

underpinning

noun

• And the underpinning of that, which is the inequity, is bad for all of us.
  — courier-journal.com, 14 Dec. 2020
• If that were not enough, the gown sits atop a bespoke underpinning made of whalebone.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
• All of the business part is devoid of moral underpinning.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• Catholic priests who relied on enslaved laborers and slave sales built the underpinnings of the Catholic Church.
  — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• But Cuevas is well aware of her film’s tragic underpinnings.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
• Mindfulness is a bit of a buzzword these days, but the concepts underpinning it are the real thing, says Lardier.
  — Kat Eschner, Fortune, 7 May 2022
• The aim of the group is to study the medical underpinnings of the lung float test, also referred to as the floating lung test, and determine whether it should be used in court.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2023
• And that, of course, doesn’t include Netflix’s fiscal underpinning of the new Stateside life of Harry and Meghan.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• To be sure, the political underpinnings of the case were not ignored on any network.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• Oil and gas form the underpinning of our current economies and many jobs are intrinsically tied to them.
  — Pawan Mehra, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• Part of the underpinning of successful creative leadership is trust — trusting people in the end to do the right thing.
  — Claudia Eller, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021
• And Roach says a key underpinning of the expansion of Chinese real-estate—the migration of people from farms to cities—is still in place.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2021
• But so long as earnings are strong and expected to stay that way, there’s a strong underpinning for equities.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022
• The product, and her tie to it, was met with controversy due to the shaky science underpinning products that fight skin damage from screens.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• The White House seemed to still be struggling to get a handle even on a basic figures that would appear to be the underpinning of the rescue operation.
  — Maeve Reston, CNN, 21 Aug. 2021
• Much of what has been written on the subject has focused narrowly on the Kremlin, with little, if any, attention to the underpinnings of the Putin regime.
  — Leon Aron, National Review, 11 Nov. 2023
• Therefore, even though Nietzsche made his opinions on anti-Semitism and the underpinning of Nazism quite clear, it was not done publicly.
  — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• But there’s a philosophical underpinning to the work programs as well.
  — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2020
• But keeping the following details in mind can make the process a little more enjoyable (and lead you to some life-changing new underpinnings).
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, harpersbazaar.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Each ensemble requires petticoats that can add five to 10 more yards each, plus a corset, a pannier (a cage-like underpinning), a padded bum roll, shoes, stockings and garters.
  — Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• The upgrades to the V60 Polestar's plug-in-hybrid powertrain are shared with the other Volvo models carrying the same underpinnings.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 29 Aug. 2023
• SpaceX finished near the top with a massive of infusion of cash that could provide the financial underpinning its Starlink project needs.
  — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
• An ethical underpinning to always do what’s right for the patient.
  — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• Many of her ensembles featured layers that exposed the tantalizing edge of a slip or a glimpse of an underpinning.
  — Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• There are certainly worse underpinnings for a genre and a subculture.
  — Michael Tedder, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
• This data may be the underpinning to an overall reticence by entrepreneurs to start a second venture.
  — Rod Berger, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
• The cast resin squash made gentle fun of the industrial, aerospace underpinnings of Light & Space art, which featured cast resin geometric forms.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• The technology underpinning it is called blockchain, a sort of digital ledger.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
• Technology is the underpinning of Lufa’s success, and the owners know it.
  — Tracey Lindeman, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2021
• Chevy, however, makes the most of these underpinnings with careful tuning, as the brake pedal is firm, the body control is good, and the steering is reasonably accurate.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 27 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024