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- noun An
undercurrent
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Examples
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Giving in to the laughter had been a grave mistake, a fact Sharon discovered when she felt the warm sensation of his hand gliding under the material of her blouse and onto her ribcage below the underswell of her breast.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Giving in to the laughter had been a grave mistake, a fact Sharon discovered when she felt the warm sensation of his hand gliding under the material of her blouse and onto her ribcage below the underswell of her breast.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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His touch was maddeningly light, skimming her ribs, tracing the underswell of her breasts, thumbs buffing her nipples until they were tight and achy.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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His touch was maddeningly light, skimming her ribs, tracing the underswell of her breasts, thumbs buffing her nipples until they were tight and achy.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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His touch was maddeningly light, skimming her ribs, tracing the underswell of her breasts, thumbs buffing her nipples until they were tight and achy.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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That of a large, aggressive foreign power, with a large army and navy, an aggressive merchant marine, and a vast underswell of profit capital.
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And poet Ted Hughes has called his writing less archaic than "" futuristic, '' with its "" weirdly expressive underswell of a musical neargibberish, like a jostling of spirits. ''
Shakespeare 2008
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There's the underswell of racism in America always ripe for the plucking -- that's the bass chord, and it's so simple to play: All you need are a few code words ( "uppity," "sambo," middle name of "Hussein" so no doubt a "secret Muslim," etc.)
Inside Rove's Diary: The "Magic" of Presidential Street-Fighting 2008
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Her heart did a funny little flip against her rib cage as one hand slid low on her stomach and the other curved to the underswell of her breasts.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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His roaming hand cupped itself to the underswell of her breast, his thumb stroking the tip in heady stimulation, her thin blouse holding back none of the delicious sensations.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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