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    Use "subterraneous" in a sentence

    subterraneous example sentences

    subterraneous


    1. He was just beginning to assimilate her when she ceased to be assimilatable, and to him and his wife in their quiet subterraneous existence it had seemed as if not more than a week had passed before there was another Mrs


    2. He therefore returned by the subterraneous gallery, and arrived in time to hear the exclamations of the turnkey, who called out for help


    3. Edmond inserted his lever in the ring and exerted all his strength; the flag-stone yielded, and disclosed steps that descended until they were lost in the obscurity of a subterraneous grotto


    4. Their passage through the natural galleries and subterraneous apartments of the cavern was preceded by the shrieks and cries of hundreds of women and children


    5. subterraneous passage to another entrance


    6. Bear in mind, too, that under these untoward circumstances he has to cut many feet deep in the flesh; and in that subterraneous manner, without so much as getting one single peep into the ever-contracting gash thus made, he must skilfully steer clear of all adjacent, interdicted parts, and exactly divide the spine at a critical point hard by its insertion into the skull


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    Synonyms for "subterraneous"

    subterranean subterraneous ulterior

    "subterraneous" definitions

    being or operating under the surface of the earth


    lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)