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The phrase "an undercurrent of terror" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a subtle or hidden feeling of fear that exists beneath the surface of a situation or atmosphere.
Example: "As the characters explored the abandoned house, there was an undercurrent of terror that made them feel uneasy, despite the silence around them."
Alternatives: "a sense of dread" or "a lurking fear".
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"Not eating meat because you're worried about mad cow is like not going in the water because you saw 'Jaws.' But once the threat arrives, even if there's an undercurrent of terror in the whole society, people see the consequences and they get accustomed to it, just as they got accustomed to plague in the Middle Ages".
There is an undercurrent of terror and fanaticism that go hand in hand in the Afghanistan-Pakistan arc..
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The territory behind the front line where Nujaan and Zenya are fighting is full of farmers bringing in the wheat harvest and without the undercurrent of terror you find in the rest of Syria.
Between the takers and the 'tooken.' " This is Hip-Hop 101, the hustler's credo: that the undercurrent of terror is just as important to hip-hop capitalism as flash and swagger.
Petar Stoyanov, Bulgaria's gladiatorial president Odd relations Weak on terror Hope and fear More smiles ReprintsThe legacy still bears an undercurrent of unease.
"There is an undercurrent of demand".
There was also an undercurrent of frustration.
But there was an undercurrent of disappointment.
There was an undercurrent of violence, a policy of harshness.
There was an undercurrent of anxiety through their conversation.
But there's also an undercurrent of fatalism here.
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