undersong

Example Sentences

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The undersong of Dot’s unconscious gets lost in all the quotidian bustle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023

The undersong here is underplumage: those jewel-like greens and purples and reds you can spot beneath the oil-slick surface of certain black-feathered birds.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017

The saw hummed an undersong of strong vibration.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

So ended she; and all the rest around To her redoubled that her undersong, Which said their brydale daye should not be long: And gentle Eccho from the neighbour ground Their accents did resound.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The afternoon was past its height, but bright yet, with the undersong of the wind and of Thunder Run.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary