Thesaurus results for UNDERCURRENT

undercurrent

noun

as in undertow

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Recent Examples of undercurrent The bass triplet, a constant undercurrent in the track, is steady and clear. —

Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026 Reirson, the Western State College of Law professor, said the nation’s founding ideals of pluralism and equal opportunity have often clashed with an undercurrent of nativism and white supremacy. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026 Any tension between them, though, stems from personal affronts, while their ideological differences exist as a largely unremarked upon undercurrent. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026 Leaving him with that tidbit, and to be the undercurrent of some unknowns as to what may be occurring, was really important to us. —

Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undercurrent

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undertow

Noun

Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
To exist at all is to feel the clock-steady undertow of inertia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026