italicize

verb

ital·i·cize ə-ˈta-lə-ˌsīz

i-,

ī-

italicized; italicizing

Synonyms of italicize next

transitive verb

: to print in italics or underscore with a single line

: emphasize

the microphone italicizes every curdled top note—

P. G. Davis

italicization

ə-ˌta-lə-sə-ˈzā-shən

ī-

noun

Example Sentences

high-definition television italicizes every line and wrinkle in an actor's face

Recent Examples on the Web The finale had power aplenty, but delicacy, too, with none of the hell-for-leather histrionics that conductors often use to italicize the young Beethoven's sense of derring-do and adventure. —

Terry Blain Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020 The droplets visually italicize Williams’s wheelbarrow, bringing a lowly piece of hardware to the foreground. —

Danny Heitman, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020 The coronavirus crisis has italicized the horrifying costs (measured in actual deaths) of the president’s contempt for science and expertise and the government agencies meant to handle such emergencies. —

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, 5 May 2020 Graff’s usually spare background information is italicized. —

Lucinda Robb, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019 Davis wrote in his report, italicizing the words for emphasis. —

Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2019 The five songs that saw a decrease in streaming totals are italicized. —

Xander Zellner, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2019 Below, find a full list of nominees in each category, with winners signified by an asterisk (*) and italicized boldface. —

Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2018 In 2014, at Christie’s in New York, Ruscha’s 1963 Smash (that word, italicized and all caps, yellow on dark blue) was hammered down at $30.4 million. —

Mark Rozzo, Vanities, 30 May 2018 See More

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