How to Use underneath it all in a Sentence

underneath it all

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  • The music underneath it all is limpid and watery, almost puddle-like.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Mature rails should be simple (almost boring) at the surface, but elegant underneath it all.
    Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The drop in supply and the fear of restricted supplies to come are driving up the price of gasoline, airfare and, underneath it all, Brent.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • When you’re getting dressed for the day, few things are as irritating as putting together the perfect outfit only for the bra to dig into your skin underneath it all.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the gullibility these movies tap into — our desire, underneath it all, to believe the impossible.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The play takes place inside a giant drain pipe constructed on the stage, and underneath it all thrums a destabilizing Lynchian sound design of moody ambience.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is filled with double entendres, silly puns, and slapstick humor, but underneath it all lies a heartwarming story about the resilience of the human spirit and the power of friendship.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Some of those moms include the terrific performers Cindy Cheung and Liz Wisan, and the play itself promises satire, songs, bouffon, bodily fluids, and, underneath it all, a contemplation of overwhelming joy and ineffable heartache.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
  • But underneath it all, there was budding excitement in what the franchise was building, with young players like Logan Cooley and Dylan Guenther adding to a veteran core that includes him, Nick Schmaltz and captain Clayton Keller.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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