undertonein a sentencegrouped by contextual meaning
undertone as in: a subtle undertone
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She creates humorous art works with serious undertones.undertones = characteristics that are less obvious
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There is an unmistakable threat in her undertones.undertones = subtle
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It is a cool gray with a blue undertone.undertone = less obvious characteristic
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The coffee has an intense flavor with earthy undertones.undertones = characteristics that are subtle
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I think I detected an undertone of fear.undertone = less obvious characteristic
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An undertone of disrespect slipped through.undertone = subtle characteristic
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An undertone of sarcasm and self-parody help make the series popular.undertone = less obvious characteristic
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Again he expected rage and got the indulgent laugh, with its undertones of knowing sadness.† (source)undertones = subtle characteristics
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He puts his jacket around her shoulders. Old tweed, old tobacco, a singed odour. An undertone of salt. (source)undertone = subtle trace
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Like we always go to see Beauty and the Beast, my all-time favorite Broadway musical, I don't care what Lilly says about Walt Disney and his misogynistic undertones.† (source)undertones = subtle characteristics
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Despite the steady musical undertone in his speaking voice Finny couldn't carry a tune, and he couldn't remember the melody or the words to any song. (source)undertone = underlying quality
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They were small, like full-size people who had shrunk in the sun; they spoke to each other in undertones, saying things like, "If Your Grace has any more blooming idea of where we is than us do, I'd be grateful if he'd say so.† (source)undertones = subtle characteristics
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PROCTOR, with a violent undertone: You doubt me yet? (source)undertone = expression in tone-of-voice
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I hear the undertones now that shimmer under the surface of the words right and wrong.† (source)undertones = subtle characteristics
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His invitation might have passed as casual, were it not for the undertone. (source)undertone = underlying quality
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The interdiction field added its sonic undertones to the sudden silence.† (source)undertones = subtle characteristics
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The deep sea breaking miles away on the reef made an undertone less perceptible than the susurration of the blood. (source)undertone = soft sound
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undertone as in: said in an undertone
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They spoke in undertones.
undertones = quiet voices
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She muttered something in an undertone too low for me to hear.undertone = quiet voice
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"Ginny," said Ron in an undertone to Harry. (source)undertone = a very quiet or hushed voice
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As I stood behind the table, Reenie in an undertone retailed the latest news. (source)undertone = quiet voice
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"Well," I qualified in an undertone, "he really is Madame Chiang Kai-shek." (source)undertone = quiet voice
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The two speak together in an undertone. (source)undertone = a very quiet or hushed voice
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"Thou art the master," said Bagheera in an undertone. (source)undertone = quiet voice
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"Steady now," said Rhonda in an undertone.† (source)
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"It's Xandra with an X," she said in a gravelly undertone.† (source)
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The undertone of the fires.† (source)
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They were friendly and matter-of-fact, with a slight undertone of setting me straight which was simply in the nature of our relationship.† (source)
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His voice is low and still casual, but there's an undertone of force to it: the kind of voice street peddlers lapse into when they are trying to get you to buy a carton of bruised berries or a broken toy.† (source)
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He thought he heard the undertone of a threat, like: unless you want to get a Stygian sword up your nose.† (source)
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The terrified undertone in his words pierces my heart, and I nod again, but this time I actually mean it.† (source)
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