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
On Zoom, Jamel Brinkley is much like his short stories: quiet and unassuming, funny, warm and generous with a sharp undertow of spiky intelligence.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023
Grief is an ocean, and guilt the undertow that pulls me beneath the waves and drowns me.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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