undertow
uhn der toh
- n an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
his account had a poignant undertow of regret - n the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
- Their concerts are as revivifying as anything in rock, with a strong undertow of something not often found this side of Bruce Springsteen: moral passion.
- For Roni, everyday worries included making sure her adopted son, Cory, 7, didn't fall into the sweeping undertow of the brown river and keeping her newly adopted baby, Charity .
- But undertow didn't make it into the canon do you ever hear people talking about how much the undertow is easing up? which leads to an important lesson.