How To Use Undercurrent In A Sentence

The highly textured surface of these poems does not, however, obscure the continuous emotional undercurrent.
The buoyant mood of his audience was certainly out of kilter with the deep undercurrent of frustration evident elsewhere in Bournemouth this week.
Watching it, it's got all the fun of a murder mystery musical, but the undercurrent of aggression never lets it slip into the realm of a wispy bagatelle.
From her earliest student shorts, repressed sexual desire has been a consistent undercurrent in the New Zealander's work.
All the energies of life flow through those who are open to its many forms—undercurrents of earth and overcurrents of sky, bioelectric fields of plants and animals, magnetically charged attractions of intimacy and relationship, and even the danced opposites of the sacred and profane. The Bushman Way of Tracking God

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Sabriel felt a strong undercurrent of understanding pass between them, and received the profound impression that she had made a loyal friend for life.
If the original film was something of a feminist diatribe, the undercurrent of the remake is plainly reactionary.
The artists' chain of contrasting attitudes reveals debates within society, undercurrents of unrest and anxieties about city life.
The Thatcher years also fed an ancient undercurrent of Anglophobia. Blue, White, Red
The tides and undercurrents are notorious, and even in summer bathing is not recommended.
There is a strong undercurrent of labour trade, which gives it a kind of Uncle Tom flavour, absit omen! Vailima Letters
Instead, Costa's histrionics merely inflamed the situation and, after an unsightly stand-off between the two sets of players, there was a hostile undercurrent to the rest of the game.
Beneath this undercurrent of grumbling is the philistine assumption that it is elitist or irrelevant to consider art which does not excite the mass market.
Another note that stands out is that of labdanum, a resinous, ambery oleoresin from the rockrose bushes also grown on the Mediterranean mountains and hillsides and a pulsating undercurrent of costus, with its musky goat-like horns that is perhaps the reason why Pan jumps into the picture. Archive 2008-06-01
It's really emotionally-charged, powerful stuff and lots of seething undercurrents come bubbling to the surface.
Meena manages to inveigle her way into Anita's gang, but exams, puberty and an undercurrent of racism in their small community turns the friendship sour.
However, waves generated in deep offshore waters that eventually overtop in shallower water and break on the coast, creating a surf-zone with reversing undercurrents, are fundamentally different from the waves in shallow lakes.
I detect an undercurrent of resentment towards the new proposals.
The story is a simple one, but a darker undercurrent runs through it.
But with every initiative, they encountered an undercurrent of resistance.
However, during the medieval period there was always an undercurrent of premillennialism among individuals such as Joachim of Fiora and the Spiritual Franciscans. The Myth/Reality of Antichrist - and the danger to America!
There is an undercurrent of anger among many vegans and animal activists and, regrettably, it has become one of the central characteristics by which outsiders define us as a group.
Locals have said that part of the reservoir is deep and has strong undercurrents.
The stirring drums give that song a rock undercurrent. The Sun
An obsession with hair is a peculiar undercurrent throughout films of this genre.
Fractures develop better in seasonal variation belts and horizontal undercurrent belts and worse in surface karst belts and vertical vadose belts.
Collectively, the soldiers let out a singular cry of anger, with undercurrents of anguish.
People are extra-sensitive right now to atmosphere, undercurrents, moods and nuances, slights and slurs.
We cannot, must not, live our lives expecting the worst, but neither can we ignore the undercurrent of anxiety flowing through the capital.
There is also a humorous undercurrent as Seventies rock iconography gets a look-in with speaker cabinets of all shapes of sizes.
This humorous play has a serious undercurrent and will give audiences as much food for thought as it does laughs.
There are minor mutinies ( "What are they going to do, cut off our hair and send us to Vietnam?"), an undercurrent of racial tension fed by the black-power politics of H. Rap Brown and Huey Newton, and resentments that provoke plots to "frag" (i.e., kill) their superiors. The Book on Vietnam
An undercurrent of deep sincerity stayed many a tremorous hand. The Masques of Ottawa
The undercurrent tugged lightly at her, but it was easy to fight.
All throughout this record, the pair combine acoustic and electric instruments with samplers and various electronic devices to build a series of intricate sonic constructions with strong evocative undercurrents.
The undercurrent is terribly strong, and if you once get down into it you are all right. Three Men in a Boat
A strong undercurrent pulled him out to sea. Times, Sunday Times
There has been an undercurrent of murmuring in some areas along the lines of ‘who'd have thought that he could do that, being blind and everything’.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said Mr Long drowned after getting into difficulties in the rough water, where there are strong undercurrents.
It would be foolish to believe that any group of people can interact without a political undercurrent.
His skill is to emphasise the play's class politics by turning the servants into a chorus, a bubbling undercurrent. She Stoops to Conquer; Henry V, The Winter's Tale – review
Yet racism remained an undercurrent within Australian Rules before two incidents blew the idea of cosy brotherhood apart. The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines
It inspired her approach to the song - folky, understated with an undercurrent of soul. The Sun
I enjoyed my lassi, particularly for the undercurrent of coconut I detected.
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You talk about the ‘undercurrent of muddlement’ and I love the way you've used the word ‘muddlement’, because ‘muddlement’ almost has an onomatopoeia; there is muddlement in ‘muddlement’.
Gradually, his neighbors become increasingly hostile and the small talk takes on an undercurrent of meanness.
Therewas an undercurrent of resentment in their acceptance of the plan.
We have met twice before, and although she has always been friendly and funny, there was a vague undercurrent of discontent with her life. Times, Sunday Times
Sources suggest that there might also be a strong undercurrent of resentment over the huge salary imbalance between Chinese and Japanese workers at the same plants. Times, Sunday Times
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As a certified Sodomite, attuned to homophobic undercurrents, I'm intently aware of subtext in narratives, how superficially fun and fluffy entertainment can carry the dodgiest of messages. Archive 2010-05-01
I loved the way she could draw you into an inchoate world where half-expressed motivations were always shifting and uneasy - everything was undercurrent, it was all subtext and no text.
Thus an undercurrent, called the Western Boundary Undercurrent, travels along the continental slope and rise.
The Ouse is very dangerous: the fast-flowing undercurrents can catch out the strongest swimmer.
If this was society, where a man can't even go to a pub without a reminder of the bubbling undercurrent of social unrest, give me back my bothies in the wilderness.
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If the Marina is known for its strong undercurrents, the sand on Elliots Beach is treacherous as it keeps shifting.
Sam — sometimes I think it has a really pernicious undercurrent: not that winsomeness is the only behavior the authors can conceive of, but that it’s the only positive one. The problem of the Childlike Empress at SF Novelists
Despite the undercurrent of levity, the activists were quite serious in their intent.
The struggle here -- and elsewhere in Pinter's plays, or in THE PRISONER -- is in the undercurrents of dominance and submission of antipathic combat, in a gibberish that is unmistakeable as menacing, hectoring, shouting, frothing, spitting, pausing ... anger and disgust. Archive 2008-09-01
The stirring drums give that song a rock undercurrent. The Sun
For many people, there is just a really strong undercurrent of anxiety that runs through their life. Times, Sunday Times
Drinking coffee at night still seems naughtily bohemian in this city, and there's an undercurrent of guilty complicity in the air.
Nor did I sense any undercurrent of deep emotion beneath the facile stream of notes. Times, Sunday Times
Jonny Quest's brand of two-fisted action draws from all of these themes, updated with a strong undercurrent of cold war science.
Spock closed his awareness to the input of his body—the darkness before his eyes, the damp chill against his face, the undercurrent of putrescence assailing his nostrils—and searched for whatever perceptions had reached his unconscious mind. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
After national newspaper headlines about racism in the town, Telford has begun to consider whether there is an undercurrent of prejudice.
And Hunt's character, a humourless, hatchet-faced harridan with an undercurrent of insecurity, gives very little for the audience to engage with.
She plucks that viola in precise patterns – repeated notes, a syncopated chord, a countermelody – as the only accompaniment for her gentle, transparent voice, which has an undercurrent of Celtic melancholy. CMJ Music Marathon: “Sound Guys Love Me” - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
Despite the heaviness of the subject, there is an undercurrent of hope in the book.
As Stephen becomes reluctantly drawn into the lives of his rural neighbours, he becomes a witness to the undercurrents of love, hate and obsession that swirl beneath the superficial tranquillity of the countryside.
The upbeat ending is inevitable but an undercurrent of scalding sarcasm in the script keeps the film fresh. Times, Sunday Times
If an undercurrent of shady morality is traceable in this Chesterfieldian philosophy it must, of course, be explained away by the less perfect moral standard of his period as compared with that of our day. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
This $20 gamay is elegant and definitely Old World, showing restrained blackberry-cranberry fruit with violets, black peppercorns and an amazing undercurrent of gravel and minerals. What We Drank (June 30, 2009)
He was too much a banterer himself to miss the undercurrent of raillery. The Puppet Crown
But beneath the crude language lies an undercurrent of riveting mystery, delight, and rage. Christianity Today
After all, anyone can relate to those moments when the calm is broken by the undercurrents of anguish, disappointment and resentment that run through every family.
It never sloshes into melodrama in this production, and its libidinal undercurrents are particularly compelling. Times, Sunday Times
But I think he excels at understanding the undercurrents that should end up on the screen, but doesn't know how to achieve them.
They were swiftly dragged under by the bay's strong undercurrent and began to struggle. Times, Sunday Times
‘Starboard,’ ‘Port,’ ‘Bowsprit,’ and similar indications of a mutinous undercurrent, though subdued, were audible, Bill Boozey, captain of the foretop, came out from the rest. A Holiday Romance
The Matrix, along with much fantasy and science fiction, is part of the undercurrents of our times which are rapidly coming to the surface.
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Colin tried to swim after him but the strong undercurrent swept them apart.
Both works have a strong undercurrent of grief and bitter nostalgia.
Some people mistakenly call this an undertow, but there's no undercurrent, just an offshore current.
Conventional Christian symbolism seems curiously played down - a handful of crosses, a pilgrimage way and a minimal campanile - but this seems in keeping with the project's deeper mystical undercurrents.
We have become quite accustomed to an undercurrent of criticism of our large grocery chains. SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets
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Also, a word of caution to the inexperienced adventurer: make sure you stay away from white waters because that means there are strong undercurrents.
Colin tried to swim after him but the strong undercurrent swept them apart.
There is an undercurrent of fear in our society that we may disappear without media acknowledgement of our existence.
The relationship between Bob and Charlotte remains at the film's core, and remains platonic despite strong sexual undercurrents.
dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
Whether or not those qualities are enough to find true love is something else again, and there is a strong undercurrent of sadness in the film. Times, Sunday Times
It's like music is almost unmusical, it's like a weapon, it's got this contrary undercurrent.
I have heard nor seen no sign of such feeling, though I can sense distinct undercurrents of change in the public demeanor.
There is an antic undercurrent to his straight-faced pictures, as if, after staring at the sheer actuality of what was laid out before him, he might have burst out laughing before making the picture.
The man's expression betrayed an undercurrent of suspicion and mistrust.
Daily life and work is becoming ensnared in the undercurrents of mucky politics that pervades almost every aspect of work life.
Nonetheless, the film is intelligently and movingly constructed, and unquestionably catches at critical themes and undercurrents of the book, including its sympathy for the whalers ' harsh existence.
But the break seemed falsely idyllic with an undercurrent of doom.
Despite the brightness of the day, there is a somber undercurrent about the race as news of the cyclist's death quietly spreads.
Their greeting was coolly polite with an undercurrent of dislike.
Puccini's genius for the dramatic undercurrent, often heard in bold brass interjections, heightened the tension throughout.
The buoyant mood of his audience was certainly out of kilter with the deep undercurrent of frustration evident elsewhere in Bournemouth this week.
At first, since we have no background on the situation portrayed here, we can't understand what the emotional undercurrents are.
In tidal water the undercurrents may often be going in the opposite direction to the top flow.
Wherever it flourished an undercurrent of scepticism was never far away.
Number Six is all about the subtextual warfare, Pinterian psycholinguistics, a constant probing in the undercurrents of even the most banal niceties. Getting Stoked for The Prisoner Remake?
What emerges might not be as overt as anger, jealousy or desire; it might be a subtle undercurrent of discursiveness.
The grief for the lost and the sympathy for the survivors and the bereaved are the same; but there is not, and there cannot be, the same undercurrent of indignation. Notes on Life and Letters
This has a dark undercurrent which runs throughout but is a must for anyone who loves theatre. The Sun
Some might see an undercurrent of religious belief in the book; others might see an undercurrent of skepticism or betrayed hope.
As an organizational agnostic with no agenda, a coach can move up and down the ranks, sleuthing out the shadow culture - all the subtextual undercurrents driving the company that are never talked about.
Yet right from the start - that bass-drum paradiddle with a percussive undercurrent that sounds like the rattle of a stage thunder machine - the recording is downright witty in its sonic variations.
And I noted the conference's thematic undercurrent of ‘sustainability’ with some apprehension.
There is an undercurrent of fear in our society that we may disappear without media acknowledgement of our existence.
Some might see an undercurrent of religious belief in the book; others might see an undercurrent of skepticism or betrayed hope.
All the energies of life flow through those who are open to its many forms—undercurrents of earth and overcurrents of sky, bioelectric fields of plants and animals, magnetically charged attractions of intimacy and relationship, and even the danced opposites of the sacred and profane. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
But beneath the crude language lies an undercurrent of riveting mystery, delight, and rage. Christianity Today
It's common enough, but it's not dead common, so when I'm on one of these little overnighters and I only have… let me do a little math… 21 hours to obtain the thing, there's a minor undercurrent of tension.
A discerning Mother Superior was expected to be aware of these undercurrents and be in control. INVIDIA
Here, the waves are strong enough to fight back, lifting you up and then spitting you out as they break, the undercurrent clasping you again and again, leaving no time to recover before it returns to grab and crash once more.
Violence was again seen to be a strong undercurrent in American society. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
Athletic and unyielding though they might be, the visitors were not always the cause of the match's nasty undercurrents bubbling to the surface.
That undercurrent of alienation now has re-emerged as the well-financed, well-directed tea party, challenging the very legitimacy of so much which has sustained us. Stanley Kutler: THE TEA PARTY: DUPED SERVANTS OF POWER
The chapters by Carlos Santos, which bookend the novel, cushion the violent undercurrents.
When the couples meet for dinner, undercurrents immediately start rippling through the group.
Yet the defence of the welfare state in the face of the new immigration has revealed an undercurrent of racism.
This story has a disturbing undercurrent that our soft policies allow to happen.
Research on pollutants removal efficiency of the high rate denitrifier applied for constructed wetland with simulating undercurrent was conducted.
Already an undercurrent was bubbling up that the team had become arrogant, drawing Johnny-come-lately fans who wear pink Sox caps and don't care that much whether or not the team loses. With Boston's Historic Collapse, Red Sox Fans Are Back to Blue
The interaction between doctor and patient is full of emotional undercurrents, including hope, trust, belief, and confidence.
It splices the twin themes of peace and humanity with an undercurrent of Indo-Pak relations.
Another note that stands out is that of labdanum, a resinous, ambery oleoresin from the rockrose bushes also grown on the Mediterranean mountains and hillsides and a pulsating undercurrent of costus, with its musky goat-like horns that is perhaps the reason why Pan jumps into the picture. Kouros
She also picked up quite a bit of the political undercurrents of the time, and being from a Jewish family herself, found it absolutely intolerable that her husband was in cahoots with Hitler and other like-minded fascists. Hedwig Kiesler is a Stone-Cold BADASS
The Nightmare Before Christmas but with subtler undercurrents: a velveteen tunnel, an imprisoning mirror, plus coddling-then-frightening parental "others" recalling the mythologies of Cocteau's fantasy films and the Mother / Meat sequence of Bunuel's New York Press
We have met twice before, and although she has always been friendly and funny, there was a vague undercurrent of discontent with her life. Times, Sunday Times
And what would a ball be without this undercurrent of what we call flirtation; in reality, this yearning for the one in the multitude. A Heart-Song of To-day
Tragically that's when they discover the water is freezing cold, with strong undercurrents.
Their performance was the very essence of great Brahms - richly reverberant string playing with that wonderful dark-toned undercurrent.
Joshua Green writes, "In every Moore crowd an undercurrent of messianic zeal is detectable, and here a few zealots buttonholed passersby, animated by communist infiltrations and dark tidings of the Bavarian Illuminati. Letters to the Editor
The film manages to have a strong undercurrent of threat and despair, which will aid in snaring a viewer.
I have no idea, having not really watched it, but there seemed a real undercurrent of anger going down.
I detect an undercurrent of resentment towards the new proposals.
A strong undercurrent may have pulled him under. The Sun
Number Six is all about the subtextual warfare, Pinterian psycholinguistics, a constant probing in the undercurrents of even the most banal niceties. Getting Stoked for The Prisoner Remake?
Nonetheless, an undercurrent of anxiety ran through the newsroom.
In every Moore crowd an undercurrent of messianic zeal is detectable, and here a few zealots buttonholed passersby, animated by communist infiltrations and dark tidings of the Bavarian Illuminati. Roy and His Rock
There is a strong undercurrent in our society of people feeling troubled by where the world has taken us. Times, Sunday Times
Let's hope that his penchant for sentimental slop is behind him because no one else can sport such a nondescript look, while bringing an undercurrent of rage or emotional torture to the screen.
We have become quite accustomed to an undercurrent of criticism of our large grocery chains. SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets
Racial hatred has been a powerful undercurrent in the country's history.
Beneath the smooth surface of day-to-day political life, one senses powerful and dangerous undercurrents.
Some people mistakenly call this an undertow, but there's no undercurrent, just an offshore current.
Nonetheless, although full-scale popular uprisings ended under Louis XIV, there were important undercurrents of popular protest throughout the eighteenth century.
Stanley has one of the most joyless birthday parties imaginable thrown in his honour, with an undercurrent of menace never far from the surface.
We have met twice before, and although she has always been friendly and funny, there was a vague undercurrent of discontent with her life. Times, Sunday Times
This letter just no ink, between the lines for busy, night lights and star, I hope the undercurrent drips, happy New Year good time, total heart feelings surging, wish you happy new year without sorrow, happy new year!
Another note that stands out is that of labdanum, a resinous, ambery oleoresin from the rockrose bushes also grown on the Mediterranean mountains and hillsides and a pulsating undercurrent of costus, with its musky goat-like horns that is perhaps the reason why Pan jumps into the picture. Archive 2008-06-01
Under its smooth surface lies the seething undercurrent of teenage insecurity.
There was an undercurrent of anger and jealousy that wouldn't let me admit that I'd done wrong.
Beneath the smooth surface of day-to-day political life, one senses powerful and dangerous undercurrents.
I had to snare one final helping of Annapurna's yogurt rice, an exotic rice salad lit up by a creamy tang, coconut undercurrent and racy flavor bursts of mustard and cilantro.

How To Use Undercurrent In A Sentence

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