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
She’s in full hair and makeup, dressed in a gray vest suit with a blue button-down underneath.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The red in the tie and the socks imply that he’s hiding underneath all that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 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
I turn to face Emma, tucking my feet underneath my thighs.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing underneath
"Eleven"
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"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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