Sentence examples for nasty undertone from inspiring English sources

Thomas M. Hammond handles the role of Tony with the right blend of charming veneer and nasty undertone.

"The pervasive reluctance of academics to discuss the lived realities of race and racism (which, unlike gender, still retain a nasty undertone) also serves to exert pressure on black academics to remain silent about institutional racism and discrimination," University of Warwick social scientist Cecily Jones wrote recently in a research paper.

Sure, we do it as a joke, but one with a nasty undertone.

Where it starts to become compelling is that, alongside the entry-level sentimentality, lies an aggressive, nasty undertone, mainly focusing on mythical two-timers, cheats, and players.

Some very nasty undertones to this innit RT @_griff The Harris Academy in Norwood has started banning words pic.twitter.com/eDV0OMXzaB Labour MP David Lammy had said the ban was "a very good idea" and that, having seen first-hand how incorrect use of English was affecting young people's job prospects, praised the school for setting-out a professional, educational environment.

A political squabble has become a conflict - and one with nasty ethnic undertones.

Sweet, with filthy undertones.

This horror auteur combines low budget thrills and a b-movie aesthetic with the symbolic undertones of Hitchcock stacking it with shocks, twists and nasty violence.

While many senior figures in the party might have found a campaign with an unpleasant undertone acceptable if it brought success, one that is both nasty and ineffective is a different proposition.

The sinister undertone in this discussion is one of fear, and the same old nasty politics.

Whenever I write about the undertones (and sometimes overtones) of race in American politics, I get a lot of critical emails and Tweets, some reasonable, some pretty nasty.