How to Use undercurrent in a Sentence

undercurrent

noun

• You could be pulled under water by the dangerous undercurrents.
• The nose is full of raisin and wood with a ripe plum undercurrent.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 July 2024
• The bass triplet, a constant undercurrent in the track, is steady and clear.
  — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
• This coat is a rare gem from fashion’s archival undercurrents.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
• Of course, there’s still that undercurrent of grief, which will never leave.
  — Aaron Morrison, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022
• Of course, there's still that undercurrent of grief, which will never leave.
  — Aaron Morrison, ajc, 15 July 2022
• Bittinger said the water by the dam looks calm but there is a strong undercurrent.
  — Lou Whitmire, USA TODAY, 14 June 2018
• Yet for many older adults, that guidance comes with an undercurrent of fear.
  — Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
• Beyond the pony tails and fun food, there is a darker undercurrent.
  — Mark Stevenson, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
• On the other hand, there’s a jarring undercurrent that’s rarely talked about.
  — Emma Firth, Vogue, 7 July 2023
• The underdog theme has been an undercurrent in the first few weeks of this season.
  — Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2022
• The process that had been an undercurrent has now taken center stage and is set to get off and running.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2018
• The mood at the shows was mostly upbeat, but there was an undercurrent of tension.
  — Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021
• That was the main undercurrent of Tuesday night’s episode.
  — Tim Graham, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
• The mood of these songs is mystical and searching, but with an undercurrent of grief.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024
• With all of the cool tech, there was an undercurrent of data collection.
  — Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2020
• This, too, is what links us with the apes, and there’s an undercurrent of sorrow in her admission.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2017
• While many of the summer’s hits have a buoyant feel, there’s a darker undercurrent too.
  — Neil Shah, WSJ, 7 July 2021
• Their belief runs through the islands like an undercurrent.
  — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
• The national undercurrents do not mean that the usual list of hot topics at city halls has changed.
  — Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023
• But the source of those worries, the undercurrent, seems to be different.
  — Miles Parks, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
• The area is also known for strong undercurrents that migrants may also fail to see above the surface.
  — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 4 July 2023
• But there was also an undercurrent of unease.
  — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
• With that scene, there’s an intense emotional undercurrent all the way through.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
• One thing that is the undercurrent driving the division is the writing of the scripts.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
• At what point did the book’s erotic undercurrent enter the picture?
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2021
• The undercurrent of the women taking their own power transcends through the screen for sure.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• There’s an undercurrent of anxiety under all of it, outside of the sea hag.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
• There was an edge to the crowd, an anxious undercurrent that could be felt by anyone inside the vast field outside the stage.
  — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 7 Apr. 2018
• Despite all that good stuff coming his way, there was still that stubborn undercurrent of melancholy.
  — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019