He plays his fine vocal instrument with great sweetness, yet there is an undercurrent of sadness.
There is an undercurrent of excitement running through the watch.
But he also sees a more unsettling undercurrent to the structure.
Nevertheless, the undercurrent of reaction was gathering strength.
It is the undercurrent rather than the surface of his verse which moves with a strong religious conviction.
There is obviously an undercurrent of resentment out there.
However, an undercurrent of anxiety runs through the hilarity.
Such opposition has always been a powerful undercurrent.
It struck me, though, that there was also a strong undercurrent of frustration with your being so dependent upon loved ones.
Perhaps worse than the shoddiness of the film, though, is its sour narrative undercurrent.
British Dictionary definitions for undercurrent
undercurrent
/ˈʌndəˌkʌrənt/
noun
1.
a current that is not apparent at the surface or lies beneath another current
2.
an opinion, emotion, etc, lying beneath apparent feeling or meaning
Also called underflow
Word Origin and History for undercurrent
n.
1660s, "stream of water or air flowing beneath the surface or beneath another current," a hybrid formed from under + current (n.). The figurative sense of "suppressed or underlying character" is attested from 1817.