undertow

Example Sentences

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They took a toll, onerously so, like an undertow at the ocean shoreline that yanks you down into the muddy sand underfoot, and my debt more than quadrupled.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

There’s a melancholy undertow to the lyrics which, in tandem with the title, suggest her frenetic live shows are only just managing to keep anxiety and exhaustion at bay.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024

Arpeggios glimmer around her; a boom-bap beat brings an undertow.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Even in simple scenes of the Hösses at work or at play, this chilling aural undertow never ceases.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

With such an undertow there was evidently a storm to come.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White