Sentence examples for a negative undertone from inspiring English sources

Though she gave the place a "Good" rating, one could sense a negative undertone in the body of the review.

Anyone who is modeling behavior that is striking a negative undertone (ridding themselves of mementos and photographs; dispensing with visits that were obviously of consolation) is not taking you in the direction that you wish to go.

And yet, as the phrase has grown more popular, it has acquired a largely negative undertone.

Adding to the market's negative undertone, the Federal Reserve released minutes from its Dec. 22 Federal Markets Committee meeting that bolstered the market's suspicion the monetary authority isn't planning to relax interest rates any further in the near future.

Zion Ozeri, a Jewish photographer of Yemeni descent who has documented the last of Yemen's Jews, says that, for those who settle in Israel, there are "negative undertones" attached to being an Arab Jew.

Here's a positive one, but it still has some negative undertones.

Because networking carries such negative undertones, many people shy away from becoming actively engaged in the process and lose out on opportunities.

JOEL LESKO, Ashland, Ore., posted on nytimes.com There is too negative an undertone in this article about how changes have "slowed down" the game and made power-baseline tennis, à la Lendl, the norm.

"Black people prefer to be referred to as black, because historically the term coloured has carried particularly negative connotations, an offensive undertone.

Apply a bright red lipstick with a blue (cool) undertone and a matte finish.

Do you have a cool or a warm skin undertone?