undertones
Example Sentences
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Her creations give nods to nature, at times skew extraterrestrial, and have Afro-futuristic undertones.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
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
“It’s like a Disney castle that’s got Gothic and dark undertones to it,” Cotton says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
Heard the subtle undertones of what everybody was saying back then, even though nobody else was in the lobby with me this time.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
