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
• But even in light of these undercurrents, Bruun says the essence of the One Fly remains the same.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
• Then, there is the new gambling undercurrent to the game.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 28 May 2021
• That undercurrent of pathos is not present in The Books of Jacob.
  — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
• There’s an Irish undercurrent on a couple of the new songs.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 8 Mar. 2021
• There was an undercurrent of glee in the cavernous room.
  — John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
• One thing that is the undercurrent driving the division is the writing of the scripts.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
• Bittinger said the water by the dam looks calm but there is a strong undercurrent.
  — Lou Whitmire, USA TODAY, 14 June 2018
• The debate was the roiling undercurrent of the will-he-or-won’t-he drama over Biden these last few weeks.
  — Christian Paz, Vox, 21 July 2024
• The underdog theme has been an undercurrent in the first few weeks of this season.
  — Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2022
• Beyond the pony tails and fun food, there is a darker undercurrent.
  — Mark Stevenson, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
• 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
• But the entire setup has such a weird undercurrent to it.
  — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The mood at the shows was mostly upbeat, but there was an undercurrent of tension.
  — Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021
• 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
• 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
• On the other hand, there’s a jarring undercurrent that’s rarely talked about.
  — Emma Firth, Vogue, 7 July 2023
• The party’s role in the Dec. 5 race has fast become an undercurrent of debate.
  — Greg Bluestein, ajc, 29 Nov. 2017
• This is the undercurrent of the whole film, which serves as a reminder that Beyoncé is one of one—the only one.
  — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2023
• 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
• The mood of these songs is mystical and searching, but with an undercurrent of grief.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024
• The undercurrent of the women taking their own power transcends through the screen for sure.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• The undercurrent in the NBA for a while has Giannis’ future.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2020
• All the elements of the house come together add to the undercurrent of unease.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
• Shiv and Tom’s great battle is the sickly undercurrent to all of the Roy misfortunes.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 May 2023
• While many of the summer’s hits have a buoyant feel, there’s a darker undercurrent too.
  — Neil Shah, WSJ, 7 July 2021
• This year, many of the Capital’s parties went on per the crowded usual, with just a slightly uneasy undercurrent.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
• Shakespearean undercurrents provide the pulse of the narrative, a cat fight for the throne of a pride of lions on an African savanna alongside a coming-of-age cat tale.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025