undertones
Example Sentences
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Kevin Warsh’s address was terse following his first Fed meeting as chair, but his messaging carried decidedly hawkish undertones, fueling bets that the central bank may raise interest rates later this year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The image invokes a children’s coloring book with darker undertones, blending various cartoon and drawing styles to depict Adam and Eve in paradise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Co-written and directed by Rebecca Zlotowski with comic undertones, it’s a caper about an American therapist living in France who suspects she hasn’t been told the truth about a patient’s demise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
"It has a lot of threads around grief, as the boys lose their mum, and so there are some really serious undertones to it," Michelle says.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
The undertones in Reyna’s voice took Annabeth a moment to decipher.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
