undertones
Example Sentences
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European dance music rhythms collide with contemporary hip-hop deliveries and progressive metal bass undertones as if they were always meant to coalesce.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
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
With crackling pastoral language and thematic Lynchian undertones, “Swamplandia!” probed the growing tension in Russell’s home state of Florida between an endangered fecund wilderness and encroaching development.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025
He learned to listen to the undertones of her voice.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
