undertow

Example Sentences

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That’s partly the point, but hopefully, they’ll soon be swept away by the movie’s melancholy undertow.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

They took a toll, onerously so, like an undertow at the ocean shoreline that yanks you down into the muddy sand underfoot, and my debt more than quadrupled.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Earlier this week, Gerwig said she is open to the idea, if she can find an "undertow" for the film.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024

Arpeggios glimmer around her; a boom-bap beat brings an undertow.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024

The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee