How to Use underpinning in a Sentence

underpinning

noun
  • And the underpinning of that, which is the inequity, is bad for all of us.
    — courier-journal.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • And so, there were so many of those underpinnings to the movie that people may not have seen.
    — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 1 Mar. 2017
  • And so, there were so many of those underpinnings to the movie that people may not have seen.
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 20 Apr. 2018
  • If that were not enough, the gown sits atop a bespoke underpinning made of whalebone.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
  • The underpinnings, though, have been rethought for the EV era.
    — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
  • All that said, heavy underpinnings and armor plating cost weight.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Details are top secret, but its large wheels tip their hubs to its heavy duty underpinnings.
    — Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
  • At the office, pair it with subdued underpinnings like a tonal check dress shirt that plays into the rich brown hue.
    — Jim Moore, GQ, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Oil and gas form the underpinning of our current economies and many jobs are intrinsically tied to them.
    — Pawan Mehra, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The house gladly obliged, fashioning custom underpinnings to go along with the look.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
  • But without those first two underpinnings, none of those values can be protected.
    — Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • To be sure, the political underpinnings of the case were not ignored on any network.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Yes, there are ways to puncture the moral and economic underpinnings of this culture and self-regard.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The underpinnings of winning starts with the losses — and the reactions to those losses.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019
  • The Cayenne and the Q7 both have shared underpinnings as well as some engines with the Touareg.
    — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Moving on to the underpinnings.
    — New Atlas, 27 May 2026
  • Mindfulness is a bit of a buzzword these days, but the concepts underpinning it are the real thing, says Lardier.
    — Kat Eschner, Fortune, 7 May 2022
  • Next up, the underpinnings, which are actually pretty solid for its class.
    — New Atlas, 15 May 2026
  • Part of the underpinning of successful creative leadership is trust — trusting people in the end to do the right thing.
    — Claudia Eller, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The little Hyundai shares its underpinnings with the Kia Niro and offers a lesson in weight and shape.
    — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Over the next 30 years, his essay became a major underpinning of the case for secession.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 14 June 2019
  • In the case of someone like Henry or Rosie, there's less of that electronic underpinning.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The Brown decision also served as a legal underpinning for civil rights laws that would be passed in the decade that followed.
    — Lily Rothman, Time, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The Oregon Supreme Court found the legal underpinning for the doctrine flawed, and struck it down.
    — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • This is a comedy with grim underpinnings, set in a society where violence seems to be the only answer.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For model-year 2024, the underpinnings remain the same, although our test car is an all-wheel-drive version.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024
  • Other underpinnings, like the suspension setup, ground clearance, seat height, etc, are all under wraps at the moment.
    — New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The aim of the group is to study the medical underpinnings of the lung float test, also referred to as the floating lung test, and determine whether it should be used in court.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But the lack of other specifics on the hardware and underpinnings suggests Benda is probably still working on it.
    — New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The company also hasn't said much about the underpinnings of Sign In with Apple.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 4 June 2019

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