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Recent Examples of undertow
The novel is dense and elliptical, a dreamscape with a powerful undertow.
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Katie Kitamura, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The weight of those hormonal storm clouds is channeled in Anna Berg’s score, with lush romantic swells over a subtly disquieting undertow.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Regression to the mean is a universal undertow in sports and in life.
—Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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Katie Kitamura, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The weight of those hormonal storm clouds is channeled in Anna Berg’s score, with lush romantic swells over a subtly disquieting undertow.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Regression to the mean is a universal undertow in sports and in life.
—Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertow
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The threat of violence hangs over even the most quiet of moments, and — some shoddy CGI animals aside — the film’s grip on that disturbing undercurrent is convincing throughout.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2025
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So says The Gilded Age creator Julian Fellowes, summing up one of the many thematic undercurrents of the historical series’s third season, which airs on HBO this June.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Undertow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertow. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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