Usage of "be an undertone"

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Usage of be an undertone in English

Lord Galloway had edged up to his daughter, and was intimidating her in what he imagined to be an undertone. 
 The Innocence of Father Brown 

I said to Gatlin in what I hoped was an undertone. 
 Shadow of an angel 

He spoke lightly, but there was an undertone of anxiety in his voice. 
 A Girl of the Commune 

There was an undertone of angry contempt in the exclamation which made Horace start. 
 The New Magdalen 

The people celebrated, but even in their celebration there was an undertone of terror. 
 Brotherhood of the Wolf 

There was an undertone of resentful mortification in her voice. 
 Hell House 

There was an undertone of passion in his voice. 
 The Lamp of Fate 

There was an undertone of remembrance in Oram's response. 
 Alien: Covenant 

There was an undertone of pain in her voice. 
 Carrion comfort 

So was an undertone of pleading that I had never... never... heard from Charles Dickens. 
 Drood: a novel 

The primary one sounded far away; the second was an undertone, like a sympathetic tanging string. 
 A Voyage to Arcturus 

She said it lightly enough, but there was an undertone of real disappointment in her voice. 
 Great Possessions 

The individual cracklings of flames were an undertone. 
 The Rules of the Game 

As a consequence, there is an undertone of insincerity in almost everything which he has written. 
 Emerson and Other Essays 

There was an undertone of jealousy in Lady Howel's voice--jealousyexcited not altogether without a motive. 
 Little Novels 

There was an undertone to the Alpha's voice that drained all the fight out of the kid. 
 Eve of darkness 

Meanings of be an undertone in English