undertow - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • have: This genre of literature, fusing so many modes of inquiry and imagination, has a political undertow - even a political purpose.
  • feel: It is there when I enter a classroom and feel the undertow into which I have jumped.

Adjective modifier

  • dark: And beneath it all is a dark undertow of family dislocation, fear of the unknown and protection of one's own.
  • strong: Watch your children on the beaches, there are some strong undertows.
  • dangerous: When the sluices are open dangerous undertows may be encountered in the pens.
  • political: This genre of literature, fusing so many modes of inquiry and imagination, has a political undertow - even a political purpose.

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