underneath it all

idiom

: in reality : actually
He might seem unkind, but underneath it all, he's a very caring person.

Examples of underneath it all in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These little slips of plastic and glass have ballooned to a $50 billion industry, but there’s a dirty secret underneath it all. Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024 But there’s a simpler, more sincere movie underneath it all that seems to be taunting audiences, like a glowing shape from deep below. Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 June 2023 Still, underneath it all Hecht suggest her character’s own world of doubts and insecurities. Frank Rizzo, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023 The look was complete with a cropped tie-dye jacket, lilac cargo pants, a belt styled with little crescent moons on it, some pink highlights in her hair and a shiny crop top underneath it all. Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023 And then there's sort of a sadness underneath it all. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 22 July 2022 Yet underneath it all, there was always this undercurrent of dissatisfaction. Olivia Jaras, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022 That's the real thing underneath it all. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023 Sawin and Wood dug deeper into their proof, trying to figure out what was really underneath it all. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2023

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“Underneath it all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underneath%20it%20all. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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