How to Use italic in a Sentence

italic

noun

• The type should be set in italics.
• These words are printed in italic.
• These words are printed in italics.
• New shows are in bold; returning shows in new time slots are in italics.
  — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2018
• Other artists would have underlined it, put it in italics, made the detail the point.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
• Here are some of Brown’s remarks, in bold italics, and my reactions.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• Here’s that letter (in bold), with my thoughts on its real message, to teams, players and fans (in italics).
  — Robert Klemko, SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• Choose between six font sizes and nine styles (including bold, italic, shadowed, and more).
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
• The italics are just suggestions, except that the average year-to-date does need to be updated.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• Bold italics in the tables signify the coach’s first recruiting class at his current school.
  — Jordan McPherson, ajc, 10 Nov. 2017
• Placed in italics and bordered with a top and bottom line, this introduction served to frame the information to come.
  — Samantha Nolan, cleveland.com, 20 May 2017
• Each recipient receives a shawl with a letter - its words are in italics in this column.
  — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• But only 20 of the images include captions written with the famous Sharpie; most are just typed out in a fontastic italic meant to convey Trump’s bold persona.
  — Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
• Dorsey's quotes and the accompanying questions are in italics.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Some sentences are presented to us in italics, as stage directions.
  — Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• The fonts for player names and uniform numbers have been updated and italics have been completely removed.
  — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 29 July 2017
• Each section begins with a few paragraphs in italics that take the reader to a particular place in the San Francisco Bay Area — a cemetery, a beach, a stretch of highway where the minutes slip away in traffic.
  — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023
• MacLean, to her credit, never actually claims it is a quote, although a careless reader could be excused for thinking it was, given the first-person voice and the italics.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
• Type could be handwritten, created with a typewriter, or one of two fonts, Futura bold or Caslon italic.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
• The book is written in a structure fluid enough to move back and forth in time, to shift from first to third person without warning, sometimes breaking into italics as though this febrile text couldn’t contain the fervency of these words.
  — Ron Charles, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2017
• Quotes that are from someone’s memory, either recalled in interviews or in police reports, are in italics.
  — Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• In Word, for example, the Touch Bar will display formatting options such as bolding, italics, underlining, font sizes, and text alignment.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2017
• Plus, pay close attention to scientific names in italics as there may be a mind-boggling array of cultivar varieties.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2020
• The revolutionary printing business introduced smaller books—similar to the size of today’s paperbacks—as well as the use of italics.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
• Records that were disclosed included sales brochures from LSI, featuring liberal use of italics, bold letters, multiple fonts and type sizes, all caps and exclamation points.
  — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2019
• If the Sooners had anyone in McCoy’s neighborhood playing last season, Georgia doesn’t average 9.3 yards a carry and that alternative timeline up there in italics might have come true.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Popular fonts, such as those preinstalled on your computer, typically come in four styles: regular, bold, italic, and bold italic.
  — Klint Finley, Wired, 9 Mar. 2020
• Let’s look at the pertinent regulations, excerpted below (with my italics).
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 26 July 2017
• Established in Venice in 1494, the Aldine Press is considered a precursor to contemporary publishing and pioneered things like italics and small paperback-like books.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2023
• In pages filled with exclamation points and swimming in italics, Owen reprises his cases with enthusiasm and empathy, explaining just enough science for the experiments to make sense.
  — George Johnson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024