beneath
Example Sentences
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I think I tidied up our two rooms, not to mention changed and rechanged the pillow beneath her swollen knee at least six times before she finally suggested I go to sleep for the night.
From Literature
Gilberg considered the question, hands clasped beneath his chin, the traffic outside humming expectantly.
From Los Angeles Times
It also sits beneath the flight paths of potential intercontinental ballistic missiles fired from parts of Russia or China.
Mobile-home parks that once provided a cheap option are becoming pricier, as large companies acquire them and raise rents on the land beneath, according to advocates for residents.
My notebooks, every bad poem I’d ever written, my will and my TV show memorabilia were tucked away in an antique trunk beneath the table upon which sat the books I was currently reading.
From Los Angeles Times
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