underneath
Example Sentences
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"We saw walls collapsing, the floors opening up. And then water and mud began spurting up from underneath the flooring."
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“I wanted it to be a piece showing kind of the dark side of the World Cup, because there’s so many things that are buried underneath the whole spectacle,” Harelly said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
And right underneath the hotel is a bar called Le Lounge, which has some of the best drinks in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Instead of a "heat dome" - where an area of high pressure gets "stuck", trapping warm air underneath - areas of low pressure will be steered across the UK by a stronger jet stream.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The water had risen so much that Natalie couldn’t feel the ground underneath her anymore.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing underneath
"Eleven"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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