underflow

Example Sentences

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And yet behind that apparent incredulity in his voice and manner David sensed the deep underflow of another thing.

From The Flaming Forest by Curwood, James Oliver

She studied rather their common turn of phrase, its heights and its hollows, its exquisite illogic, its passionate underflow of poetry.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

Such a paddle it was, too, over the coral, the surf breaking far above our heads, and the underflow, though only a few inches deep, nearly carrying me and the children off our legs!

From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie

Here the waters lost themselves for many feet in the underflow so common in this land of aimless, uncertain waterways.

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill

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 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.