underflow
Example Sentences
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A glowing romance of the Byzantine Empire, presenting with extraordinary power the siege of Constantinople, and lighting its tragedy with the warm underflow of an Oriental romance.
From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer
Some think that the station dropped into an immense cave, and others that it was caused by the underflow of the Arkansas River, which is overflowing its banks at the present time.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 57, December 9, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to hackerdom; physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it. :lost in the underflow: adj.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
Though powerful to check, she ne'er could change The underflow and current of their life.
From Under King Constantine by Katrina Trask
Like memory-tones heard long ago, Her gentle voice was soft and low, But plaintive in its underflow.
From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
