He knew more of the criminal undercurrents on the Continent than any living Englishman, and it was he who furnished accurate information to the Sûreté in Paris concerning the great Humbert swindle.
And surely it would be strange if the undercurrents of our mind were not reflected in our style.
But you hate the thought of people saying--with all the muddy little undercurrents they stir up round such things--that you and I have been passion's slaves.
The surface of the water sparkled from time to time, but there were grim undercurrents and icy depths.
At the end of the undercurrents there was a wide table having a slight grade, and this table was covered with canton flannel over which was placed more riffles of expanded metal.
It ignored the mendacious surfaces of things and strove to reproduce the undercurrents which lie at the bottom of human actions and reactions.
Otherwise we have only a detached effect which does not lead us back into the undercurrents of causation.
In the process of penetrating he became familiar with those undercurrents of causation from which has sprung the greatest art of all ages.
The Man of Promise" goes deep into the undercurrents of life, and it is not a novel any man or woman can afford to miss reading.
One may trace in the letters of Chateaubriand the restless undercurrents of this life that was outwardly so serene.
Did they predominate, with the unmistakable undercurrents of unrest, born of a sense of injustice, there would be in time, and in a shorter time than we perhaps realize, but one outcome.
They are, considering the ominous undercurrents of change, unrest and discontent that are so apparent in the entire industrial and economic world today, our worst breeders and feeders of Bolshevism and lawlessness.
But such undercurrents still existed among the people and gathered new forces ready to manifest themselves just as strangely, unexpectedly, and at the same time simply, naturally, and forcibly.
Now in 1812, to anyone living in close touch with these people it was apparent that these undercurrents were acting strongly and nearing an eruption.
And if Machiavelli's despotism meets its master in the undercurrents of human instinct, governments of less determined stripe, whether of states or of persons, would hardly do well to treat these ultimate data with less respect.
The latter avoids strife under all circumstances, or carries it on, if it is once undertaken, without going to extremes, and always with the undercurrents of longing for peace.
To the lone rider crouched in his saddle the very atmosphere seemed to pulse with undercurrents of mystic forebodings.
The counteraction of emotions and feelings between the lawyer and the client, the judge and the jury, the undercurrents that are constantly moving from one to another, make up the drama of the court.
Norris, for all his passive exterior, had undercurrents that were fervid and powerful, and this first summer in the West, unruffled on its surface, stirred them and sent his life whirling along their irresistible streams.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "undercurrents" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
