Its steadiest undercurrent is the tacit collaboration between mother and son to prevent his father (who's in the military) from learning of the crisis.

While today's talks focused on an array of issues, the lingering animosity over the investigation was a steady undercurrent.

Gliding, dipping and delicately embellishing the material, she displays a polished, innately musical diction that maintains a steady undercurrent of swing.

Faint comm chatter and the muted voices of Vanguard's flight-control team gave the command area a steady undercurrent of focused activity.

I was a pretty popular kid, on a couple of varsity athletic teams, but there was was this steady undercurrent of anti-Semitism.

Little love, not here, but a steady undercurrent of sensuousness.

Still, there is a steady undercurrent of public suspicion that news organizations are tipping off terrorists to domestic vulnerabilities.

The chasm between Yuri's parents' hopes and his desires gives this novel its steady undercurrent of pathos.

The crowd sounded a steady undercurrent to the louder noise of an altercation at the gate.

But there was also a steady undercurrent of anger at the park service for starting the blaze.