undercurrent

Preposition: of

• racism: Yet the defense of the welfare state in the face of the new immigration has revealed an undercurrent of racism.
• tension: Violent clashes at Stonehenge in 1988 and the undercurrent of tension in the hot summer of 1989 are still vivid memories.
• violence: Pre 20th Century History Jamaica has a vivid and painful history, marred since European settlement by an undercurrent of violence and tyranny.
• fear: An excellent novel about illusionary freedom and betrayal, with a powerful undercurrent of fear running the whole way through.
• concern: But there is an undercurrent of public concern and even alarm about the implications of the new research.
• disbelief: Look here at objects snatched from the undercurrent of disbelief stretching back for just a decade and a half: 2006.

Converse of object

• reveal: Yet the defense of the welfare state in the face of the new immigration has revealed an undercurrent of racism.
• create: Once again, guitar work is excellent and creates some very strong undercurrents creating a middle eastern feel to parts of the piece.
• have: All ideals have an undercurrent of the search for justice within them.
• remain: He explains: Wales, of course, remains a permanent undercurrent to almost everything I do.
• provide: The sound is fantastic, making each blow count, and providing emotional undercurrents the acting and direction just ignore.
• belie: It's relaxed, almost naïve, simplicity belies deeper undercurrents.

Adjective modifier

• sinister: But, what then seemed to be a nearly perfect life had a more sinister undercurrent.
• emotional: Earlier in the month, however, the emotional undercurrents may give rise to tensions.
• dark: Typical of the June Brides songs, despite the pure pop youthful jangle, there is another side, a dark undercurrent.
• strong: Despite the memories of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, there are strong undercurrents of anger in the Gulf.
• constant: But there's a constant undercurrent of peril, real or imagined, that keeps them on our toes.
• deep: However, at times, deeper background undercurrents burst out into general view.

Modifies a noun

• news: I have to mention the animation that is at the beginning of the latest Undercurrents alternative news DVD.
• relay: The low power trip, when used to detect dry running, is up to ten times more sensitive that of conventional undercurrent relays.