John Connolly

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.

Irish Writer

Lowell Bergman

You can have all the information you want in the world. If you don't have the people raising questions and looking beneath the surface, and people being paid to do this, you're not going to find the answers.

American Journalist

Alesha Dixon

I prefer to focus on who I am as a person and what I stand for. We all want to look good, but I find it more rewarding to work on feeling good and going a bit deeper beneath the surface.

British Musician

Kathy Mattea

I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.

American Musician

Fyodor Dostoevsky

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.

Russian Novelist

Morris Gleitzman

If we get caught up in a story, it's because we've started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we've moved beneath the surface.

English Author

Kelly Lynch

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?

American Actress

RuPaul

I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath.

American Entertainer

John Oldham

And all your future lies beneath your hat.

American Celebrity

Nancy Astor

British Politician

Use 'beneath' to describe something physically lower, often with layers.

Physical Position

'Beneath' can indicate something hidden or covered under another object.

Layering Objects

Don't use 'beneath' to describe movement. Use 'under' instead.

Not for Movement

'Beneath' metaphorically expresses unworthiness or inferiority.

Figurative Sense

Use 'beneath' when referring to actions not aligning with personal values.

Moral Standards

'Beneath' can imply something is not fitting for someone's social status.

Status and Rank

Use 'beneath' as an adverb to describe something not immediately visible.

Hidden Aspect

'Beneath' can convey emotions hidden under a calm facade.

Concealed Emotions

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 leave unresolved questions about long-term pressure imbalances that might be happening deep beneath our feet. Fracking's biggest controversy, though, is happening above the ground. The general consensus is that burning natural gas is better for the environment than burning coal

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 and if you go deep enough, you cannot detect the tunnel. Sometimes people think, well, it's going to be pretty annoying to have a tunnel dug under my house. Like, if that tunnel is dug more than about three or four tunnel diameters beneath your house,

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 you might be able to see the density change due to a solid tumor in a patient, but you wouldn't know how deep it is beneath the surface. However, if you take X-rays from multiple angles, you should be able to find the tumor's position and shape.

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 Hearing the news, Frigg became so overjoyed that she transformed the mistletoe from a symbol of death into one of peace and love. She mandated a one-day truce for all fights, and that everyone embrace beneath its branches when they passed

Why do we kiss under...

 the scenes fundamentals of how our world works and how we progressed through history so imagine that we do find ourselves in this world with a rug has been pulled out from beneath our feet think of all the things that you rely

How to rebuild the world...

 The key to survival lay in their own personal sunscreen manufactured beneath the melanin. The type and amount of melanin in your skin determines whether you'll be more or less protected from the sun.

The science of skin...

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