How To Use Undertone In A Sentence

RUD. (_in an undertone to MIMI_) Mimi, what would you like? La Boheme
I thought her speech had slightly sinister undertones.
She whispered, but Will murmured in an undertone for her to be quiet.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don ` t think security needs to be a main focus, like cops and everything all over, but there should be an undertone, an undertoned measure of security. CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2005
The term escalate became popular during the Vietnam War and refers to the United States' significantly increasing its involvement, but the term also carries an undertone of blunder. Site Home

It is most definitely a thriller, but with strong romantic undertones.
It's a movie with very strong spiritual undertones and overtones.
For all that written correspondence can manage, a subtle undertone and feeling is probably the hardest to achieve.
Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Manlius, having, as managers, set the little piece on the stage in good condition, were carrying on a private undertoned conversation, which resulted in Mrs. Manlius asking, in an engaging manner, -- The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865
But the political undertones are less interesting than the cultural ones.
spoke in undertones
Only a windlike chant would do -- something with an undertone of human despair, outsoared by brave, savage flights of invincible soul-hope -- great virile singing man-cries, winged as the starlight, weird as space -- Whitman sublimated, David's soul poured out in symphony. The River and I
Live music thumps out of the bars and clubs, a music scene that has produced artists as varied as The Undertones and Dana.
Fear becomes for her parents the permanent and muffled undertone of their life.
It includes notes of hesperidia with undertones of jasmine and chamomile blossom over a soft musk base note.
It has a nice, deep amber-brown colour, coffee, buttery undertones with a hint of tangerine in the taste, and a subtle warming of alcohol in the finish.
The hue contains warm yellow undertones that create a sunlit ambience.
It has Romeo and Juliet undertones and both Hilton and Borgnine who usually play good guy roles here play antitypical bad guys.
Oh no, Selena, it brings out the yellow undertones in you complexion far too much.
The twilit subterranean chambers carried undertones of the cave sanctuaries.
It was a comedy act with an undertone of cruelty.
Dark, creepy undertones swell within its electronic mixes and specifically highlight the 4th untitled track.
These days arbitrary power has unmistakably comic undertones. Times, Sunday Times
With supernatural undertones, this thriller provides more suspense and intrigue than you can swing your tutu at. The Sun
We must allow the yatra and the darshans of Lord Shiva to be without any controversy and hidden commercial undertones.
ÂSome stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
Nuuk is rich with undertones, tidal washes, deep swathes of velvet mezzotint, patient soundings, submarinal echoes.
Look amazing in a lipstick with pink or raspberry undertones. The Sun
But this, ladies and henteelhombres, this may be the funniest, most sexually-undertoned informercial yet: The Deion Sanders Hot Dog Express. Archive 2005-03-01
He didn't exactly looked panicked, but his voice was dark with rage and an undertone of fear.
He's an influence on Coleman's own arcane ways of developing material like dipping into the so-called undertone series, which is basically the natural overtone series turned upside down. Steve Coleman: 'Harvesting' Funky, Brainy Jazz
In his treatment of the sexual undertones of courtly love and seventeenth-century gallantry, Maidment's wicked sense of humour could reduce a tutorial to helpless laughter.
I didn't pick up on this perverted undertone when I was a pickney, did you?
Go for the cool kit if your skin has blue undertones - royal blue, vivid purple, and hot pink look good on you.
Amen -- Amen!" came the deep chorus from the bank, the high, plaintive women's voices undertoned by the masculine bass. Judith of the Cumberlands
One has yellow undertones and is ideal the darker colour is good for blemishes. Times, Sunday Times
It takes on a sinister undertone in the incapable vocals of a bladdered bunch of footy fans.
Instead of watching a comedy with sinister undertones, we're force-fed a melodrama with no tones at all.
The sense I get is of Iraq as an undertone, a kind of dirge playing softly beneath the pop charts. Living Politics: Waiting For The Heads to Roll
However much I tried to be funny and nice, I didn't try to hide the undertone of serious disappointment.
This is a deep red colour with earthy undertones.
It has a delicious malty aroma with hints of heather and honey and rich, sweet, nutty undertones like sugared almonds or peanut brittle.
His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
A long undertoned conversation followed this interchange of civilities, when I heard the lady say in rather elevated tones, The Englishwoman in America
There is also a faint undertone of tobacco and a slight hint of dry sherry.
These days arbitrary power has unmistakably comic undertones. Times, Sunday Times
Available in a bright blue with purple undertones, this plant is a show stopper when mass planted.
It has a few inspired moments and overall is a good, fun film with depressing undertones.
Eyes ablaze, her mother murmured in harsh undertones.
‘Best if you overlook the name, mate,’ she suggested in a tone that was pleasant enough, yet held the tainted undertone of threat.
Danlo's pearl was shaped like a teardrop and in various places around its smooth surface it gleamed with soft pink undertones. THE BROKEN GOD
Eyes ablaze, her mother murmured in harsh undertones.
My skin tone is fair with a pink undertone and very red cheeks.
This dark comedy has sharp political undertones. The Sun
There was a brief pause before another question was barked with a peculiar undertone to it.
It was love at first sight for me, a thick, almost one-coater cream taupe with, yes, khaki and mushroomy undertones. Archive 2009-04-01
Cell twenty-one was around one corner of a dark, narrow corridor that smelt of disinfectant with an undertone of urine and vomit.
There was an undertone of sadness in her letter.
In a white wine I really want dryness and with the Italian there is always an undertone of sweetness.
With supernatural undertones, this thriller provides more suspense and intrigue than you can swing your tutu at. The Sun
In my 43 years, I have never seen as much "racially undertoned" politics as I see and hear about today. Gil Laroya: Did the Obama Presidency Regurgitate America's Deep Racial Divides?
There are some great ozonic nuances to the male version - with undertones of olibanum, musk and benzoin - while the female variety has a fresh and fruity top note, with hints of papaya flower, aquatic melon and moss.
Look amazing in a lipstick with pink or raspberry undertones. The Sun
One has yellow undertones and is ideal the darker colour is good for blemishes. Times, Sunday Times
ÂSome stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
The album is laced with acoustic instruments (a mix of live playing and samples) placed over a backdrop of seamless ambient electronics and soft trip hop grooves, with chilled jazzy undertones throughout.
His normal tone was destroyed by a scratchy undertone.
Moonlighting has dark undertones, suggesting forays into unknown territory.
A wonderful mousse of tiny bubbles and a delicious appley nose are complemented by a fine undertone of honey.
She was not inclined to answer any questions without a sarcastic undertone or shortness with me.
I'd said that once before, long ago, but that hadn't been tinted with the undertones I was feeling now.
But does the show also contain sociopolitical undertones intended to demonstrate to mainstream audiences that a “my two dads” scenario in which a committed gay couple raising a child together – while saving the world from evil in the process, nonetheless – is perfectly acceptable in this day and age? Are “Mohinder & Matt” From Heroes The “Bert & Ernie” Of Primetime Television? | Best Week Ever
She tried to sound cheerful about it, but her undertone implicated that she wasn't looking forward to more staring and pointing from complete strangers.
In the broadest terms, those raised on the east coast -- referred to generically as Blue Points -- have a brinier, more metallic flavor than their cousins from the west, which are less saline and have more subtle fruit and vegetable undertones. Chicago Reader
A wonderful mousse of tiny bubbles and a delicious appley nose are complemented by a fine undertone of honey.
The article was full of racist undertones.
It's dense, moist, and full of flavor, the pumpkin undertone allows the cinnamon and chocolate chips to compliment each other without overpowering one another. Archive 2008-11-01
`You know, if there's any way that Peter and I can ever help,' she said, in a viperous undertone, `you know you only have to ask. FALLEN WOMEN
This show also had a lot of racist undertones and overtones.
He bent to loosen the girth, with some remark in an undertone, but she replied briefly and turned away, to see me sitting on the step of the mounting-block. Rose cottage
There are beautifully fried morsels of goat cheese, too, in a vibrant, tomatoey sofrito sauce that has an earthy red-chile undertone.
Being careful not to up the mate, whose room was opposite, I spoke in an undertone.
The connections are ingenious and there are some very dark undertones, admirably handled. Times, Sunday Times
Fake a holiday glow by using a matte bronzer with pink undertones. The Sun
The quality of the film is as good as can be expected from any DVD from the early '90s. There was little to no grain in the color and the flesh tones lacked any unpleasant undertones.
Mr. Pike was so fooled that he actually had set the topgallant-sails, and the gaskets were being taken off the royals, when the Samurai came on deck, strolled back and forth a casual five minutes, then spoke in an undertone to Mr. Pike. CHAPTER XXIX
One has yellow undertones and is ideal the darker colour is good for blemishes. Times, Sunday Times
It has a delicious malty aroma with hints of heather and honey and rich, sweet, nutty undertones like sugared almonds or peanut brittle.
In some scenes, there were slight orange undertones to the flesh tones; this may have been the result of a low budget production and the lighting used during the filming, but it was not attractive.
‘Mom,’ I said in an undertone, my throat completely dry.
For the green eyes the undertone is a purple tone which CoverGirl has named Black Ruby. Epinions Recent Content for Home
Look amazing in a lipstick with pink or raspberry undertones. The Sun
One has yellow undertones and is ideal the darker colour is good for blemishes. Times, Sunday Times
In doing so, the artist chose to make explicit the sensual undertones which cannot be separated from any image of a beautiful young woman suckling her child.
There were undertones of relief as the visitors left.
Using a tag team of interviewers on camera in this way produces an undertone of comedy.
The man received the papers, while the crowd looked on, muttering in contemptuous undertones. Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons
Some shades have yellow or brown specks in them, others have an undertone of blue or purple or even black.
I thought her speech had slightly sinister undertones.
The use of metaphor and imagery may help the writer give voice to emotional undertones that would otherwise be hard to put into words.
Dudley delivered his puzzling harangue with a good deal of undertoned vehemence, and was strangely agitated. Uncle Silas
Berry shades for example suit olive skins, while reds with pinkish undertones work best on those with fair complexions and fair hair.
One has yellow undertones and is ideal the darker colour is good for blemishes. Times, Sunday Times
There are hints of political undertones throughout the film.
It sounds like a primarily comic conceit, and an undertone of drollery does indeed resonate delicately throughout.
Tessa's tone was cool and aloof, but Rogers could sense the apprehensive undertone.
The strong undertone of moral earnestness, never preached, gives a stability and force to the vivid portraiture, and prevents the satiric touches from degenerating into mere malice.
The young lady called Clio remarked in a quiet undertone: "Five people and two dogs to fetch down one old woman with a pipe. The Refugees
What's elusive about their music is that the songs are written in an introspective manner and as such, the spiritual undertones are disguised as a reflective life ethic.
Often with a strange kind of undertone, which is supposed to frighten us.
There were sarongs that brought out Rachel's eyes, sarongs that matched her hair, even a few that matched the subtle honey undertones in her skin.
As soon as she was gone, Dandie reconnoitred the premises, listened at the key-hole as if he had been listening for the blowing of an otter, and having satisfied himself that there were no eavesdroppers, returned to the table; and making himself what he called a gey stiff cheerer, poked the fire, and began his story in an undertone of gravity and importance not very usual with him. Chapter XLV
Clever dressing can shave inches off wobbly waists or undertoned thighs. The Sun
“Say ye made a mistake — say ye made a mistake, Mysie,” replied the faithful seneschal, in a soothing and undertoned voice; The Bride of Lammermoor
Naturally, I did not read between the lines of her letter, and did not detect the threatening undertone of what would happen if her request was not granted.
The printing bungle has turned the deputy's face a luscious shade of avocado with primrose yellow undertones.
Ali's arguments are tinged with nationalistic undertones.
Opponents claim the policy has racist undertones.
The scent is leathery and animalic think both indolic and uric at once, and with that dry leathery undertone – hence it is most commonly described as a cross between civet and castoreum, which is a pretty good description if you ask me. Incarnations of Carnation: Exploring the Layers of a Flower
Ratón It is a nearly religious ritual with ancient undertones of man-versus-beast rivalry, says Juan Medina, a bullfighting blogger and professor of economic theory at the University of Extremadura in Badajoz, Spain. Spain's Most Famous Bull Since Ferdinand Is Hardly a Shrinking Violet
The foliage is a striking greyish-green with purple undertones and the small, pretty flowers are vivid pink.
Even more confusing was the fact that I was performing Spanglish music, often with political undertones some would call "chicano". Eduardo Xol: The Uncomfortable Party
The max depth of the Hippo chorus sort of overdrove the moogerfooger delay, especially on the loop feedback & gain (there's a multiplication effect there that could shred speakers), said overdrive creating a sort of vaguely pulsating & irregular rumbling undertone like a time-modulated distortion (hmm, see if Zachary Vex might do a Seek-Fuzz?) The voice of storms
The muted, standard exhaust is now more of a burbling gargle with undertones of thunder.
Is there a subtle undertone of "postnatal" stress on the part of BSNYC at the start of this post? Groping for Answers: Crooked Letters and Lopsided Reasoning
There was an undertone of disapproval in his voice.
In general, when choosing a colour, opt for neutrals with bluish undertones or softer pinks.
Her otherworldly dreamscapes are lush and gorgeous, with a dark, dangerous undertone.
All of these tics and dark undertones mask a brutal desire. Times, Sunday Times
DAYBREAK WAS HOURS AWAY, but the corridors of the Great Hall in the First City susurrated with the ominous undertones of a government preparing for war. A Time to Kill
Rosine Le Fruit Défendu (1914) was true to its name, exactly as I would imagine a mythical forbidden fruit to smell like: an indolent, creamy, sinfully sweet aroma of nectarous, over-ripe fruits (apples? plums? maybe even bananas?) enriched further by a buttery floral accord (ylang-ylang? tuberose?) with an almost coconutty undertone. Archive 2007-07-01
The wee Glasgow derby may lack the sectarian undertones of the big one, but it lacks none of the mutual antipathy.
Some stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
Instead of watching a comedy with sinister undertones, we're force-fed a melodrama with no tones at all.
The strong undertone of moral earnestness, never preached, gives a stability and force to the vivid portraiture, and prevents the satiric touches from degenerating into mere malice.
She hurried to open the door to them, smiling at them with a well-considered undertone of sadness. THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
If you have cool skin tones (blue undertones in your skin), silver would really bring out your beauty.
Lest this seem like the predictable rhetoric of those in high dudgeon, consider the undertones.
The skin tones in several scenes either contained orange undertones, or were extremely washed out.
A lot of what he said to me had sexual undertones.
One has yellow undertones and is ideal the darker colour is good for blemishes. Times, Sunday Times
Not surprisingly, the disconcerting undertones of this film are downright troubling.
The tone was self-mocking, but he caught the undertone of worry. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
Still, the assault and its undertones of pogromist anti-Semitism Logan is not Jewish is very troubling and, at the very least, suggests that not everyone in Tahrir Square that night had democracy on their mind. Richard Cohen: CBS shouldn't have withheld Lara Logan's story
Speech conveys more than its literal meaning, and its undertones and nuances must be protected.
The sounds of clinking glasses, shouting voices with the undertones of murmuring conversation, and the flickering of flame radiated from the mucky place.
Walk by a pile of good melons and the air should be full of heady perfume without rotting or fermented undertones.
Brooding in spicy American oak characters with undertones of dark berry fruit flavours, the wine shows textured fruit weight balanced with fine tannins.
Despite offering him the chance to master his comic timing, the role also had serious undertones for Ashley. The Sun
A fruity, off-dry style from the southerly Pfalz region, this comparatively delicate wine has a pleasantly spicy undertone that would work brilliantly with this dish.
If they’re related, then the undertone is that “you’re not one of us because you’re not in our family.” Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Writing Tip of the Day: Twins Are Generally Unhelpful
These days arbitrary power has unmistakably comic undertones. Times, Sunday Times
'Don't be too upset if he doesn't come,' said Drew in an undertone.
His statement held undertones of sexual suggestion, just as he had intended, and had no note of insecurity or uncertainty.
His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
Some stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
'Is it my defect of spiritual experience, that while that weight of sagacity, which is the iron to the dart of genius, is needful to satisfy me, the undertone of another and a deeper knowledge does not please, does not command me? Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Balanced it was not, with acidic undertones so evident that it was hard to swallow.
The herbal undertones pick up on the bay leaf, thyme and sage. Times, Sunday Times
This sort of thing can be cloyingly precious, self-indulgently gay, and, in its Freudian undertones and chintzy neo-Victorianism, very 1950s.
Erdoğan's ambition to be recognised as mastermind and trailblazer in the Middle East gives his rhetoric a sabre-rattling undertone. Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea: The Dangerous Consequences of Palestinian Statehood
`You know, if there's any way that Peter and I can ever help,' she said, in a viperous undertone, `you know you only have to ask. FALLEN WOMEN
The lavish floral heart pairs sweet bergamot and delicate violet with no perfume undertones - it's a fresh, gentle breeze from a lush Italian oasis.
Often with a strange kind of undertone, which is supposed to frighten us. Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
The article was full of racist undertones.
Some stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
Gradually his ear became accustomed to the roar, and, above its mighty undertone, he could hear the whisper of the wind among the shrubs, and the hum of myriad insects; while the rock manakin, with its saffron plumage, flitted before him from stone to stone, calling cheerily, and seeming to lead him on. Westward Ho!
He spoke in that quiet deliberate manner, and in that undertone, which is often observable in mechanics who consider and adjust with great nicety. Little Dorrit
The herbal undertones pick up on the bay leaf, thyme and sage. Times, Sunday Times
The strong undertone of moral earnestness, never preached, gives a stability and force to the vivid portraiture, and prevents the satiric touches from degenerating into mere malice.
As soon as she was gone Dandie reconnoitred the premises, listened at the key-hole as if he had been listening for the blowing of an otter, and, having satisfied himself that there were no eavesdroppers, returned to the table; and, making himself what he called a gey stiff cheerer, poked the fire, and began his story in an undertone of gravity and importance not very usual with him. Guy Mannering
The mournful undertones of this track conjure a sense of loss, perhaps for ancestors, perhaps for all passing.
Thanks for the suicidally undertoned note from Hunter S. Think Progress » Report: Bush plans Bolton recess appointment.
While hers was a chocolate hazelnut cake, mine was a pecan cake with cinnamon undertones.
That "high" look Joyce had noted went with high thoughts, and a voice undertoned by a beautiful soul. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls
While the case has employment law undertones, it was pleaded and presented as an oppression remedy case.
I'd said that once before, long ago, but that hadn't been tinted with the undertones I was feeling now.
Look amazing in a lipstick with pink or raspberry undertones. The Sun
Light to medium shades of brunette would do well with mauve pinks or pinks that have a dusty or brown undertone.
It was a sound akin to a cat's purr, but held undertones of a lion's growl.
`You know, if there's any way that Peter and I can ever help,' she said, in a viperous undertone, `you know you only have to ask. FALLEN WOMEN
There were distinct undertones of fear and uncertainty in her voice.
I thought her speech had slightly sinister undertones.

How To Use Undertone In A Sentence

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