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under the groundMuch more rarely, subterraneancan refer to something that is lying beneath what is easily seen. For example, a "subterranean motive", could refer to a motive that is hidden from others, or even a motive that is not understood by the person who has it.
- Mae hadn't seen him since their subterranean encounter, and did not care to.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- What incomprehensible subterranean force had swelled those immense slopes and lifted the huge bulk aloft to the clouds?Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
- Early in the spring of 1943, the mine began to flood with water from subterranean springs.Leslie Marmon Silko -- Ceremony
- The golden fish swam by gracefully, cautiously, as if testing the water after a long sleep in his subterranean waters.Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
- The island attracted saltwater fish into its subterranean tunnels—how, I don't know; perhaps fish ate the algae as gluttonously as I did.Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
- Terrible noises are coming from him and from the dogs as if there is a conversation between them that is subterranean, volcanic.Michael Ondaatje -- Running in the Family
- She did not hear him cross the courtyard beyond, nor see him pause in the archway that led from the subterranean path into the garden.Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
- Tom found a subterranean lake, shortly, which stretched its dim length away until its shape was lost in the shadows.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Given that it's subterranean, the place seems surprisingly vast, the ceilings high.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- She suddenly wondered what subterranean connection her interest in Erik had with this affair.Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
- Or maybe the lair was subterranean, underneath this very commonplace strip mall nestled up against a wooded hill in a nice family neighborhood.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- A deep subterranean, biologically secure complex near Manassas, Virginia.Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
- For now, it felt like he wanted me, and that was enough to offset the horror of the subterranean tunnel and the prowling vampires behind us.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- The canyon widened; there was a clear demarcation where the red walls gave place to yellow; the brook showed no outlet from its subterranean channel.Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
- The Mark of Athena blazed to life at the bottom of the cavern, revealing glistening brickwork along a subterranean canal forty feet below.Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
- He would drill down next to the clinic for subterranean hot water, to fill hot-springs baths.John Hersey -- Hiroshima
- 'Subterranean volcanic fires are raging beneath our feet.'Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
- And now we entered what appeared to be a vast subterranean ballroom, carved, as it were, out of a cellar more ancient than the building overhead.Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire
- It was clammy in the basement, an ugly subterranean chill.Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
- For he thought he heard a soft tread off in the subterranean vaults.Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes
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