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Meanings of
undertow
in английском
The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.
sea puss
sea purse
sea-poose
Usage of
undertow
in английском
1
I've complained that when the crisis comes we react to the
undertow
.
2
It started in a sombre way but with no
undertow
of despair.
3
They are ahead of the cask-theydart
forward
-
the
undertow
has got them.
4
He was almost within her reach, when the
undertow
swept him back.
5
Then, like the
undertow
of a big wave, the reaction caught her.
6
Slowly, fighting the
undertow
,
he made his way back to solid ground.
7
I felt sleep pulling me under like the
undertow
of the surf.
8
Waves of coal standing immobile against the
undertow
of the sandy tide.
9
Already she felt it, the dark
undertow
of magic against her skin.
10
Gran refused, fearing
undertow
in the swells breaking white on the sand.
11
Swings between sectors continue to generate a powerful
undertow
in otherwise tranquil markets.
12
She would never hear him speak again without a sense of that
undertow
.
13
Only later do you twig an
undertow
of hope and hurt.
14
By this time he was fathoms deep in the reactionary
undertow
.
15
I swirl along in the
undertow
,
wondering what I've let myself in for.
16
The time you got caught in an
undertow
and almost drowned.
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About this term
undertow
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
dark undertow
emotional undertow
feel the undertow
fierce undertow
powerful undertow
More collocations
Undertow
through the time
Undertow
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common