Sentence Examples:
The underlying thought seems to be that they are consecrated to the sun.
They are unified by the discovery of a law that underlies them all.
He spoke gruffly, but underlying the remonstrance was an unmistakable tone of gratitude.
The outcome there depends upon what can be done for the underlying psychosis.
The underlying pantheism had already shewn itself in the Wanderer's Storm Song.
He had at once grasped the underlying principles, thrown out some amazingly luminous suggestions.
It was inaugurated, and even originated, by underlying causes of a purely natural character.
It can be shown that secrets of procreation seem partly to underlie this also.
The paleness underlies the bronze which the sun has burned upon them.
There was no taint of selfishness underlying his desire to regain a lost fortune.
Then, suddenly, the underlying tragedy of this comic interlude smote him breathless.
The pith of the legend underlies the bark; what says the Koran?
The argument over slavery that underlies the whole of the inaugural has vanished.
Grooves and gutters are frequently found in the bone underlying the dilated vessels.
He never let his hearers lose sight of the great underlying moral fact.
I am concerned only with the scientific principles underlying its power of invisibility.
All the mud is scoured out, and then the underlying rocks are attacked.
And it is this which underlies the assertion that humor consists in incongruity.
Let us next ask whether there is awareness of the underlying cortical process.
The underlying spots, in various drab shades, are small, inconspicuous and not numerous.
The two real phenomena that underlie the fable are simply thunder and lightning.
A dull golden tint is spread over the waters, cloaking the underlying green.
The greatest noise and confusion ensued, the underlying keynote being one of fear.
It was only vulgar with the underlying vulgarity of mere tasteless fashionable uniformity.
A fissure is a distinct separation of tissue that goes deeply into the underlying substance.
Nevertheless, a certain amount of truth underlies all the current criticisms on Alpine scenery.
She never perceived the underlying cause of Lilian's anxiety to please and conciliate her.
I detest people who are always looking for the interest underlying a good action.
A name commonly applied to metamorphic or igneous rocks underlying the sedimentary rock layers.
When I had abandoned underlying resentment, I found a marked decrease in my chastisement.
Eternity no longer hovers over time, as an abstraction; it underlies time, as a reality.
These hints of underlying things went unheeded by Jeremy, but Blake marked them.
He accepts the naturalistic corruption of conscience which underlies all other naturalistic corruptions.
No amount of legality of phrase can do away with the inalienable truth underlying it.
The will, or volition, as an underlying cause, stands outside the pale of scientific inquiry.
The words seemed charmingly chosen; but again the underlying, unknown purpose was perceptible.
Even here I wish to show the foundation of fact underlying the superstructure of dogma.
This fundamental Truth underlies all the Oriental Philosophies which are esoteric in their nature.
The truth is, that certain very deep and permanent causes underlie American legislative degeneracy.
Observe the great underlying sense of joy in life, the gladness of mere existence.
The very sensations underlying these effects of concord or of discord are themselves undefined.
And he laughed with a bitter perception of the underlying farce of human society.
Yet none of the newspaper commentators have realized the tremendous possibilities underlying this achievement.
First, the strike or course of the lode; and secondly, its underlie, or dip.
First, the strike or course of the lode; and secondly, its underlie, or dip.
The underlying spots are numerous and rather conspicuous, due to the whitish ground color.
I was aware of force underlying them; but they brought me sorrow, ludicrous sorrow.
The underlying surface of the gall or the outer convex part is perfectly smooth.
A plan, evidently derived from the symphonic form, underlies the prologue as a whole.
I touch here on a misconception which underlies much of the criticism of universal suffrage.
Such, at least, appears to be the artifice underlying this somewhat obvious form of amusement.
Each of these chapters is subdivided into sections, explaining in detail the principles underlying each.
John Baskerville endeavors to give at least some idea of the motives underlying his behests.
Because of his ignorance of the underlying chemical basis for the transfiguration, tragedy follows.
A bed of imperfectly crystalline limestone was seen by Captain Franklin underlying the sandstones.
In the lowest gravel, underlying all, there were found imperfect specimens of flint knives.
The phrase is jubilant almost to harshness; yet the underlying sentiment is not harsh.
Was there some wildly sensational tale of hatred and vengeance underlying the mysterious circumstances?
They were stamped indelibly by generations of suffering, immovable distrust also underlying the sorrow.
His Physical Vehicle was now but an underlying skeleton with an overlaid sun-baked skin.
His wit might be sprightlier: but I begin to discern the gravity underlying it.
The main principle underlying his plan of campaign was the fomenting of industrial disorders.
Raise the sternum with the left hand and separate it from the underlying parts.
The mucous membranes are everywhere pale, and closely bound to the underlying bony framework.
The revelation of such admirable motives underlying such inexcusable behavior puzzles and alarms us.
The propensity for achievement and the repugnance to futility remain the underlying economic motive.
An important tectonic principle underlies the development of the phenomena we have just been reviewing.
Was it not Lady Betty's underlying thought in this desire for an exchange of souvenirs?
Why, even with the underlying flattery of his words, should he call me a dreamer?
In abscess formation it is generally favorable unless the underlying disease makes it the reverse.
We have seen that a logical whole is a genus viewed in relation to its underlying species.
The only sign of our underlying anxiety was a vague restlessness pervading the entire safari.
The centennial dates from the declaration of Independence, which was based on underlying principles.
There was an anguish underlying his words which set her heart to aching intolerably.
The girl pouted her disappointment, but there was some other feeling underlying her manner.
They played with a rigid affectation of indifference, that poorly concealed their underlying eagerness.
His pages only show the froth of the movement, not its deep underlying current.
There was a substantial basis of character and principle underlying his naturally trustful disposition.
This sandstone is replaced by conglomerates near the contact with the underlying Metamorphic Series.
Clear sight of, and infinite pity for, men's miseries, must underlie all apostolic effort.
Despite the playful acidity of his words, there was a distinct threat underlying them.
For all this he offers those correctives which in various forms underlie all his teachings.
The book also contains a few principles underlying the dramatization of stories for young children.
The underlying foundation of peat was so deep that all hope of digging it up was abandoned.
Was it due to a fortuitous coalescence of local grievances, or was there a general underlying cause?
Underlying all, running through all like a fine silken warp, his sympathetic nature was evident.
The motives underlying these attempts were absolutely patriotic, combining an element of philanthropy in them.
Again I revert to the increase of national purchasing power as an underlying necessity of the day.
The underlying cause of the civil war was the affirmation of the right of secession.
The three parts of the overture are linked together by a certain underlying melodic theme.
His voice was calm, but there was an underlying tense note imperceptible to the other.
They pass obliquely backward and upward to be inserted in the fascia underlying the skin.
Yet, pervading this variety of subject and of mood, there is discernible an underlying unity.
It was all terribly real, yet with a strange, vague sense of unreality underlying it.
Such was the sensation underlying the ennui; so, naturally, she made it mutual with me.
Such are the scenes of sordid misery which underlie some of the choicest of English songs.
Speed of delivery, tone and inflection, as well as underlying feeling and emotion are minutely indicated.
Want of logic and defiance of ethical principle underlie their pride in magnificent ceremonial and pageantry.
It was based on that primal instinct of self-preservation that underlies our thin veneer of humanity.
Waterman spoke in his usual drawling tone, but its underlying note of earnestness was quite unusual.