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All the popular grandfatherly scents—drugstore classics, Brut and Old Spice and English Leather and the like—boast an herbal undernote of sage wisdom.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2013

Despite the archness of his tone—which normally would have irritated me—there was a melancholy undernote in his voice.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The unconscious use of the pronoun did not escape Paul's notice, and he winced at it, as also at the undernote of reproof in her tone.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

Bewilderment had passed over his face, and an odd undernote of fear.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie

“Who tuck ’em?” he inquired briefly, but with a fierce undernote in his tones.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice