undertones

Example Sentences

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Stagflationary undertones were present in the ISM services print, however, Fjaerstedt said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He appeared on the soundtrack to Dhurandhar, a movie released last year, the political undertones of which were not well received in Pakistan where the film is banned.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Her creations give nods to nature, at times skew extraterrestrial, and have Afro-futuristic undertones.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” was the CVS-core hit of the year, an inescapable ballad of martial devotion that built off his Hype House fanbase on social media, while deftly luring Middle America with worship-band undertones.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession, with undertones of nausea.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood