undertone

Example Sentences

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Along with a religious undertone, "they are what get people through the dark time", she explains.

From BBC

“Cooking together absolutely has an undertone of ‘Let’s use this as an opportunity to get physical,’” Burns added.

From Washington Post

Chew showed considerable patience in handling the panel’s attacks, with their undertone of nativism.

From Washington Post

The scene may have the dystopian “what could go wrong?” undertones of science fiction at a moment when both the promise and perils of artificial intelligence are coming into sharper focus.

From New York Times

As Ashley Parker of the Washington Post wrote last week, "dark undertones and apocalyptic rhetoric" "have pervaded much of the Republican Party in the era of Trump."

From Salon