How to Use beneath in a Sentence

beneath

1 of 2 adverb
  • The ground beneath is covered with flowers.
  • Up went the attic floor, so crews could install air ducts beneath.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The fabric and the padding that was once beneath it haven’t been found.
    — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • However, the ice breaks, and the things that lie beneath will come to light.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The zoo is trying to build a cougar exhibit where some of the graves lie beneath.
    — Ike Morgan | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • To check, turn the item over and remove a portion of the dust catcher beneath.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • About 50 people can line the top deck but the true horrors lie beneath.
    — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
  • This will help to make sure that the shampoo can penetrate the coat and reach the skin beneath.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Your teeth sink into the chewy rice noodles, then shatter the crisp cruller beneath.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But a rhythmic pattern thrums beneath, based on the grain of the wood the piece is painted on.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • As the tsunami progressed, the rocks scraped along solid ground beneath.
    — Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
  • The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil and everything else that lies beneath.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
  • This is not the same as deck height, which measures how far the roadway sits above the ground or water beneath.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Its two tunnels meet to form a large dome, creating a sea of colors to walk beneath.
    — Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Cutting the grass too close removes a lot of green and exposes the brown thatch beneath.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Crews can scoop out shallow layers of permafrost and build on stable ground beneath.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • The evidence that a crater lies beneath all that lava is mounting.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2020
  • This means two of the ends are folded, leaving unfinished edges that could scratch the floor beneath.
    — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
  • It was offered complete with the white blouse Garland wore beneath.
    — CNN, 25 May 2022
  • In those, cores were bored more than a foot down to observe the status of the concrete structural slab beneath.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
  • Below, a flat, unmarred plane of snow — the lake’s frozen surface — stretches beneath.
    — Jessica Marshall, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2013
  • Tilling soil at the same depth every year can cause the soil beneath to become compacted.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
  • Only the ground beneath was unaffected by the fog.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • If the chip is deeper and exposes the wood beneath, a small amount of wood filler can make all the difference.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Blood orange and saffron ignite the air, myrrh smolders beneath, and the woods hum with market heat.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Black floral lace framed in suede traced over sheer panels, offering quick flashes of skin beneath.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Little birds and forest rodents pulled out tufts of fur for their nests, revealing the clean bone beneath.
    — Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The front and back of the speaker sport perforated metallic grilles, with cloth grilles beneath.
    — PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The top of this coffee table is made of white marble, includes an oak shelf beneath, and has a polished brass frame.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Gently wiggle the piece back and forth until the chocolate’s evenly spread beneath.
    — Daniel Wolfe, Quartzy, 30 Oct. 2019

beneath

2 of 2 preposition
  • The painting is hanging on the wall with a plaque beneath it.
  • She wore a sweater beneath her coat.
  • The paper was hidden beneath a pile of books.
  • We had a picnic beneath a large tree.
  • Seal gaps beneath doors with door sweeps.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Her limbs were found in black trash bags beneath the body bag.
    — Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Drift in a bait beneath a float or on a tight line, and stay alert.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor beneath you.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The road beneath our feet sizzles in the sun.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
  • There’s no trying to find the skull beneath the skin.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s what makes the fault lines beneath Venezuela so unique.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • But beneath the noise, the math is unchanged.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The weekender was still able to fit beneath the seat in front of me.
    — Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But scratch beneath the surface, and some cracks start to show.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The path curls beneath bristling columns and then drops steeply over the side.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • One showed a large bandage placed on the side of his jaw, beneath his ear.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • His mother lies beneath a sheet.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • Both of them wore their stocking caps pulled down beneath the hoods of their anoraks.
    — Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • For those who grew up beneath the grandstand lights, these fairs are not just events.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The Loop does not yet run beneath the airport.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The bedrock beneath the ice might also be a key player.
    — Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Song opted to go sans blouse beneath the blazer of her look.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The clip then cuts to reveal a pile of nut shells scattered beneath the seats.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The crowd can get so tight that people are lifted off the ground beneath them.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Jessie Krebs just wants to go for a hike and feel raw rock beneath her thrift-store boots.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The picket fence shuddered as the ground opened beneath us to take us all down.
    — Hazlitt, 31 May 2023
  • The answer lies deep beneath the surface of the earth.
    — April 10, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • His legs folded beneath him, and his sweet head fell into my open hand.
    — Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The floor drain beneath the glass cooler was clogged with heavy debris.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026

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