Usage examples for undertow
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It has a tide and even a good strong undertow in places. – The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan by Lizette M. Edholm
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As I watched, I felt the boat plummet down, as if the sea was snatched from under her; it was the undertow- the wave was drawing the waters back beneath it. – Seven Icelandic Short Stories by Various
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Lessaix, watchful as every man was who called Louis master, caught the change of tone and again looked up, but this time with something more than curiosity- an anxious wariness, a fear lest some current of events he failed to discover might catch him in its flood and drag him down with its undertow unawares. – The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond