Examples of undertow in a Sentence

Don't get caught in the undertow.

Recent Examples on the Web The sizable waves and powerful undertow mean Zicatela isn’t suitable for casual surfing—or even swimming. — Sara Clemence, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 King said shortly after the city built its current water plant in 1936, the undertow in Lake Michigan made the beach unsafe for swimming. — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2022 Now Republicans are confident that Biden's sagging approval ratings in the key states will create a comparable undertow on Democrats. — Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022 History is real, and its undertow is always felt, but none of us simply melt into it. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 Full of humor and pathos, and with a quiet, melancholy undertow. — Riza Cruz, ELLE, 23 Feb. 2022 And there’s always the undertow — that chance of ending up in deeper waters. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2022 And the Maels are among the great wits of rock for how, as silly as the songs can get, there’s usually (not always) a real emotional undertow to the work. — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Feb. 2022 That loss, and the sad outcome of his great love of those years, fuel an undertow of melancholy in a figure more often played as aloof and spiky, though invariably likable. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2022 See More

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