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 best horror villains are not only terrifying but complicated, their destructive persona hiding a far more vulnerable being underneath.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Lower sea levels reduced pressure on the bedrock beneath Antarctic ice shelves, allowing the land underneath to slowly rise upward.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Even with the camper underneath it, the tree was only a few inches off the ground.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing underneath
"Eleven"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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