In the old times, art was thought to symbolize a common underlying element in which all species shared.

An underlying element in the dispute is the complex political relationship between the city's black and Hispanic communities.

Even her lighthearted Shōjo works usually have darker underlying elements.

For all the denials by defense lawyers, an underlying element of this case was race.

The underlying element common to all of the aforementioned schools of thought is the emphasis on human rationality and the ability to reason.

The common underlying element, he said, is a hidden emotional problem and a denial of its existence.

"All great comedy has the underlying element of pathos," he says.

This theme is an underlying element in his novel Starjacked!

There's a consistency to it all because we're using style and fashion as the underlying element to communicate.

'Confidence in jobs remains the underlying element that is holding the property market back now,' he said.