It adds a necessary sour or acid note to some preparations and, in more than one case, a quiet, bready undertone to a riotously flavorful bite.
Beyond the quiet anti-Muslim undertones, Alaska has the highest rate of gun deaths in the country, the third highest violent crime rate, and a police presence that's also near the bottom of the list.
Even so, an undertone of quiet self-congratulation runs through this book, as we hear of the author's "substantial" advance for his work, of rave reviews and gushingly complimentary editors.
On paper, a drop of two litres in engine capacity and 40 horsepower doesn't sound like a recipe for excitement or improvement, but on the road, the V6 is deeply convincing; strong, smooth and quiet, with a pleasing muted gravelly undertone when working hard.
Dubus's plain-spoken prose has an undertone of Yankee wryness; the somber, autumnal quiet that governs his stories is broken, at crucial moments, by a crackle of laughter at the dogged ridiculousness that attends even moments of great distress.
Although Mr. Pizzarelli is happiest scatting in unison with his jet-propelled guitar, his quiet crooning in duets with Ms. Molaskey brings out an undertone of dreaminess in this supreme musical extrovert.
I read the great novels and memoirs: All Quiet on the Western Front, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, Goodbye to All That, Undertones of War.
For all its basis in political and historical frustrations and affirmations, "Viktoria" is an exquisitely stylized film, with precisely composed and timed images of a delicate and involute whimsy that stifles howls of rage and derision, quiet and terse dialogue that distills lifelong passions and longings in the lacerating undertones of simple phrases that glint like blades catching sunlight.
— had a national undertone.
An undertone of passion (Bob Geldof)?
A subtle undertone of sulphur.
