from beneath

idiom

: from a place below or under (something)
She gazed at us from beneath the brim of her hat.

Examples of from beneath in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The mass emergence that comes when these two broods dig up from beneath the ground will be a far cry from the annual occurrences, David Althoff, a professor at Syracuse University's Department of Biology, told ABC News. Andy Fies, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024 Her platinum blonde hair flowed out from beneath said hat in undone waves, cascading past her shoulders, down her back, and ending right at the top of her hips. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024 Following up on past observations that caecilian broods spend a lot of time around the maternal vent, Jared, Antoniazzi, and their co-researchers collected 16 female caecilians and their young from beneath the forest floor of cacao plantations. Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024 By analyzing marine sediment cores extracted from beneath the ocean floor, researchers found the glacier began to significantly retreat in the 1940s, likely kicked off by a very strong El Niño event — a natural climate fluctuation which tends to have a warming impact. Laura Paddison, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024 From her vantage point, Isabella could peek from beneath the towel and see Lahaina’s historic banyan tree on fire. Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024 Two firefighters in a boat pulled a body from beneath a pile of debris. Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023 Campaigns can procure special licenses with publishing giants BMI and ASCAP, which authorizes the public performance of millions of songs at campaign events, which means artists can work with BMI and ASCAP to remove their songs from beneath this umbrella. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024 The goat’s loose skin made the dog’s lunges at its throat ineffective, flummoxing the dog, and the goat couldn’t work out why the dog — in lieu of head-butting back with its horns — kept nipping from beneath. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023

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“From beneath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20beneath. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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