How to Use the underground in a Sentence

the underground

noun
  • This wasn’t even like the underground mix tapes.
    — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Some are just for the underground, the culture.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2026
  • There are still 43 of the underground tanks in use, while eight have been closed.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • There, a steady stream of people clad in red, white and blue filled the underground food court.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • To view its marble halls, buy a ticket for the underground tour.
    — Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 4 Apr. 2025
  • A lot has changed in the more than a decade since the underground warehouse parties.
    — Daniela Cintron, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • What have those mainstream moments meant to you as an icon of the underground?
    — Jack Irvin, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • And the underground root system of that fire was still burning.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
  • More, more, more seems to be the direction of the underground right now.
    — Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Daria wrote to me while hiding in the underground garage of her block of flats in Kiev.
    — Wojciech Delikta, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
  • City crews worked through the morning to repair the underground line.
    — Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Even when not parking, workers are no strangers to the underground.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The extent of the underground damage at the site is unclear at this time.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 23 June 2025
  • In places, the underground rocks are now dry down to 400 feet below ground.
    — Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Take a look at the underground tunnels where Israeli hostages were held.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • His character Xavier left the underground city to track down his wife.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Water circulates through the underground loop, where it is warmed by the earth.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Her favorite part of sci-fi films is the resistance, the underground.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • There was always a war between the mainstream and the underground.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2022
  • This is wild caving, where the underground world reveals its raw, primal state.
    — Heide Brandes, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Out of the underground and into the light, the best party might just be in the next aisle or spot around the corner.
    — Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Rails of lights hugged the moist walls, shining on sprouts of green plants, the underground’s only bursts of color.
    — Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2022
  • All throughout Oceanus, the second biome in the underground route, an eerie song drifts through the pipes.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The types of rocks found in the underground of a graveyard play an important role in the decay of corpses.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Dear was part of the underground rap scene and known for his work in the sigilkore subgenre of trap music.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The true scope of the underground market is by design difficult to know, but dozens of brands have popped up.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The foursome blaze across the underground music scene, make one recording, and are never heard from again.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Days later, heavy winds caused the underground fire above the soil, according to the press release.
    — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Talking tubes will also be included, so kids on one side can talk with kids on the far side using the underground tubes.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Some work for this project has already been completed, including much of the underground work.
    — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

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