How do you use Underside in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bottom or side, plus the exact meaning.
Underside meaning
The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.
Using Underside
- The main meaning on this page is: The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.
- Useful related words include: bottom, undersurface, side, face.
- In the example corpus, underside often appears in combinations such as: the underside, underside of, its underside.
Context around Underside
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underside
- In this selection, "underside" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include off the underside of the and against the underside of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underside" sits close to words such as abode, acknowledgment and acquaintances, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underside
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The researchers were focusing on brain activity in the ventral hippocampus (the underside of the hippocampus). (16 words)
Behold, the overall winner of the competition: a shot of a socc—er, football—covered in goose barnacles on its underside. (21 words)
A quick quiet word then on predators: keep a close eye for caterpillars (check for eggs on the underside of leaves), carrot flies, every slug and snail. (27 words)
The only trouble was, the jack had to lift the vehicle so high that the chassis buckled and I ended up with an underside of the van that looked like a boxer’s face after sparring with Tyson Fury. (39 words)
Rhianne Rush continued Dons’ scoring in the second-half when she fired in from range to made it 5-0, and Amy McLean made it six with a stunning effort which cannoned off the underside of the bar. (38 words)
And late on, when it was 1-1, Brandon Blades smashed a fierce shot against the underside of the bar with the ball appearing to have crossed the line but the referee and linesman waved play on. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Anthony Callaghan pulled a goal back on 51 minutes, with a fine strike from the edge of the penalty area which struck the underside of the crossbar on its way into the net.
A quick quiet word then on predators: keep a close eye for caterpillars (check for eggs on the underside of leaves), carrot flies, every slug and snail.
But when Dylan Lewis was brought down in the penalty area just before the half-time whistle, Box stepped up to slam the ball home off the underside of the bar to make it 1-1.
Check the underside of their feet for sores and if they have a long coat, they will need a daily brush to remove any knots and tangles from their fur.
Cook the frittata over a high heat until you can see the underside has set and browned, then transfer to the grill and continue to cook until the eggs are set and have puffed up slightly.
However, it turns out enough heat is generated from the friction created as an ice sheet moves over rock, as well as heat from Earth itself, to melt its underside.
Leeds soon levelled as Bamford’s speculative 20-yard shot took a slight deflection off Adam Webster to dip over Jason Steele and in off the underside of the bar.
Madamburo were smelling blood and almost took the lead in the 58th minute, when Valentine Kadonzvo beat two defenders in the box, unleashed a scorcher, which crashed against the underside of the crossbar.
Mr Khalife, who joined the British Army in 2019, is thought to have attached himself to the underside of a food delivery lorry in a planned escape.
Rhianne Rush continued Dons’ scoring in the second-half when she fired in from range to made it 5-0, and Amy McLean made it six with a stunning effort which cannoned off the underside of the bar.
Starting around 7 a.m., low-flying commercial jets continuously roar above me, many so low I can see clearly every detail of the underside of these planes.
The colour combination is super: olive-green with white dots on the topside of the leaf, and a rich russet-red on the underside of the leaf.
The only trouble was, the jack had to lift the vehicle so high that the chassis buckled and I ended up with an underside of the van that looked like a boxer’s face after sparring with Tyson Fury.
The researchers were focusing on brain activity in the ventral hippocampus (the underside of the hippocampus).
Trafford guessed right but could not reach the ball as it kissed the underside of the bar, bounced down over the line and back up again into the net.
After he was arrested over the allegations, Khalife is accused of escaping from Wandsworth Prison by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery truck on September 6 2023.
After returning the car to the importer, it was found to have been dented on the underside, in the area where the battery is located, during the test drive.
And late on, when it was 1-1, Brandon Blades smashed a fierce shot against the underside of the bar with the ball appearing to have crossed the line but the referee and linesman waved play on.
Behold, the overall winner of the competition: a shot of a socc—er, football—covered in goose barnacles on its underside.
Between 6 August and 16 August, temporary traffic lights will be installed under Cleethorpe Road Bridge, between Railway St and King Edward St, to ensure safety during works on the underside of the bridge.
Common combinations with underside
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the underside 135×
- underside of 112×
- its underside 7×
- underside is 6×
- underside has 4×
- underside in 4×
- dark underside 3×
- their underside 3×
- underside or 3×
- underside to 2×