Meaning of undertow in English
(Definition of undertow from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of undertow from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of undertow
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There were occasional quiet areas where water birds could be clearly heard but an undertow of mechanical noise was always present.
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And beneath it all is a dark undertow of family dislocation, fear of the unknown, and protection of one's own.
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By the same token, the boy's specter - and in general, the consciousness of distress - provides an undertow that pulls against the success of condescension.
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Despite those difficulties, there is a positive undertow, and a wish on all sides that it should succeed.
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Against that powerful undertow nothing could make headway.
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It has a deep emotional undertow and the general sense is that justice should be done to all parties.
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There is always a suspicion of the undertow of a commercial influence which can corrupt religion like anything else.
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At times that undertow assumed proportions of such violence that it was even a threat to the established and very important work which had been going on.
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For about 50 years there was a strong undertow of prejudice against support from the public purse for anything as intangible as that sort of work.
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Undertow serves as a conduit for artists to release their albums to a wider audience through digital, retail, and direct sales outlets.
Bereavement, loneliness, disappointment and the search for happiness, number amongst his themes, and the melancholy undertow is offset by firm faith in divine providence.
Undertow spends about twelve years being a small fish, for which he is bitter.
Kamuy often have very specific associations for instance, there is a kamuy of the undertow.
Swimming is strongly not encouraged off any of these beaches as they face open ocean and have heavy undertows riptides and current.
Zicatela is still a surfers beach, with the strong undertow making the area unsuitable for swimming.
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