underside
Example Sentences
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In the distance, thick clouds, their undersides an angry shade of dark, are swallowing up the blue sky, and the breeze carries the humid scent of the coming rain.
From Literature
It seemed, at first, to be the cushiony underside of a mushroom.
From Literature
Flames wrapped around it, curling from the top to its underside, then going higher and filling the air with acrid, black smoke.
From Literature
He amused himself watching one stately older man examine the underside of the table, find nothing, and leave that night sure “that these rappings were veritable messages from beyond the grave.”
From Literature
It was all a stimulating change from opera-house productions, which often lean on 18th-century elegance instead of exploring the seamy underside and corruption of the demimonde that is at the heart of the piece.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
