undertones

Example Sentences

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Stagflationary undertones were present in the ISM services print, however, Fjaerstedt said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

"It has a lot of threads around grief, as the boys lose their mum, and so there are some really serious undertones to it," Michelle says.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

“It’s like a Disney castle that’s got Gothic and dark undertones to it,” Cotton says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

It’s an epic tale with Christian undertones about a magical world and the four siblings who discover and rule it as kings and queens.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

I mix a little russet brown in to deepen the color and add several undertones.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton