How to Use beneath in a Sentence

beneath

1 of 2 adverb
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  • The ground beneath is covered with flowers.
  • 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 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
  • To check, turn the item over and remove a portion of the dust catcher beneath.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The search: The daunting mission covers the ocean’s surface and the vast depths beneath.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • About 50 people can line the top deck but the true horrors lie beneath.
    — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
  • The zoo is trying to build a cougar exhibit where some of the graves lie beneath.
    — Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • So much fresh snow has fallen here and ice lies beneath.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The protective layer is at the top, with the UTG layer just beneath.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 5 Aug. 2020
  • On the surface, the Rio Grande appears placid, but strong currents run beneath.
    — Peter Orsi, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019
  • 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
  • Up went the attic floor, so crews could install air ducts beneath.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
  • As the tsunami progressed, the rocks scraped along solid ground beneath.
    — Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
  • On the dash are a pull button for the headlights and, beneath, a foot pedal for the parking brake—pure Detroit.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Anuel made his bones with music that was aggressive and in-your-face -- now, he’s shown the craft beneath.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Today, Lacefield writes, much of the fertile dark soil that gave the area its name has weathered away to the chalk bedrock beneath.
    — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 12 Nov. 2021
  • This means two of the ends are folded, leaving unfinished edges that could scratch the floor beneath.
    — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The theater of the fruit yolk bursting, the flavors melding, that lovely light crunch beneath...?
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The upper box of text refers to the crackers and cupboard boxed directly beneath.
    — The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The lake of alcoholic geniality parted briefly to show the teeth of the mind beneath.
    — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Wired, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Its two tunnels meet to form a large dome, creating a sea of colors to walk beneath.
    — Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
  • As the sun beats down on a small vineyard by the rippling waters of Grossraeschen Lake, there's little sign of the vast wound that lies beneath.
    — Fox News, 14 June 2018
  • It was offered complete with the white blouse Garland wore beneath.
    — CNN, 25 May 2022
  • The seminotchback lid, along with a hinged panel beneath, does a fine job of hiding the contents of your trunk from prying eyes.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Though not as soft as a faux fur blanket, a knit option provides good warmth and is just as cozy to wrap up in or nap beneath.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Maybe your home would clue you in to that creepy trap door at the bottom of your closet—and the even creepier mementos that lie beneath.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 7 July 2023
  • The front and back of the speaker sport perforated metallic grilles, with cloth grilles beneath.
    — PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
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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.
  • In the chapel, beneath two Marys, on top of the hill, there was a prayer book full of prayers.
    — Sasha Debevec-McKenney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The picket fence shuddered as the ground opened beneath us to take us all down.
    — Hazlitt, 31 May 2023
  • At Gucci, the look featured a thick line on the top of the eye, and a thin one beneath it, and was inspired by Sophia Loren.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
  • There is a sense of the person beneath the clothes, with ideas, likes, and dislikes, which is the essence of real style.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This leaves lots of space in the well beneath the tiny third-seat cushions for stowing gear.
    — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Dump out any standing water in the saucer beneath the pot.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Or maybe a wealthy, small beach town that doesn’t want a rail project that connects San Diego to the rest of the country beneath their homes.
    — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • It’s been, from day one, kind of bend your knees and ride the wave, and trust this foundation that Amy and Dan have built beneath us.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Another stripe of snow can be seen beneath high clouds from the central Plains of Kansas to the Great Lakes.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The ride home made things so much worse for Gino and Jasmine, as the woman dropped her phone beneath the car seat.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • In small text beneath the Buy Box’s buttons, the company lists the seller that a click or tap will buy from.
    — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • But tucked beneath the dramatic peaks of the Brenta Dolomites, Madonna di Campiglio is well worth the detour.
    — Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Was beef mouth trying to clown these kids for loving a rock group beneath his awareness?
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
  • Harlow is featured twice in the video rapping in front of a trash can fire set up beneath the Second Street Bridge.
    — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
  • One of those moons, Europa, has a deep, briny ocean beneath its frozen crust and is among the most promising places in the solar system to look for alien life.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • The tourist craft — many damaged in the storm — allow passengers to view fish swimming beneath the boats.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Jackie recently spent 62 hours straight on the nest in an attempt to keep the eggs warm, sometimes buried beneath snow.
    — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Anson has been using old oil wells to to explore the amount of lithium in brine, a salty liquid, deep beneath the ground.
    — Associated Press, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Researchers now know more about what is happening to the brain beneath the helmet.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The man was elegantly dressed in a navy gabardine suit, white shirt, and red tie, with the legs of his trousers neatly pinned up beneath him.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Men tend to store most of their excess body fat around the midsection and to store it deeper in the body beneath the layer of muscles.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Now the former Dean Street boy assesses the folding wheeled cart, the bungee cords, the plastic milk crates shoved beneath the table.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The pump moves water from the Kings onto Cameron’s grape fields, flooding them in order to recharge the groundwater aquifers beneath them.
    — Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Once Knight begins speaking, Kaufman’s note slips beneath her voice, still there, but in the background.
    — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Badie added that the bridge was built in the 1970s, when the size and load of weight of the vessels crossing beneath the bridge were much smaller than the vessel that collided with the bridge today.
    — NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024

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