beneath

Example Sentences

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The appeal of playing characters like Tom and Nile stems from what lies beneath the surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Another depicted an enlarged image of Trump towering over Greenland beneath the words "Hello, Greenland!"

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Soot streaks the walls, while suitcases and clothes remain buried beneath dust, rubble and twisted steel.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

As if to compensate, on a drizzly Sunday evening in Kyiv, a crowd gathered in the street beneath an apartment building’s third-floor balcony to hear a makeshift string quartet play concertos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I’m about to dive in, shatter the perfect mirror beneath me, when my phone chimes his chime, and the relaxed confidence I was enjoying rushes out of me, like water rushing from a broken dam.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam