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

He did not want to be identified talking about a view that opposed government policy, reflecting an undertow of fear in the country.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024

The Trio’s tragic undertow is thought to encode reflections on the troubled life of Brahms’s mentor and friend Robert Schumann.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

A dark undertow threatened to pull her under, down to the horrible truth.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez