How to Use underscore in a Sentence

underscore

1 of 2 verb

• She underscored the most important points.
• These failures underscore the difficulty of what we're attempting to do.
• The President's visit underscores the administration's commitment to free trade.
• The scale of the event underscores just how fast the hobby has grown.
  — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
• Research underscores just how wide that gap can be.
  — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
• The trio’s on-air chemistry underscores the idea that these guys are still part of a team.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• Iheanachor’s own doubts were underscored at home.
  — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 1 June 2026
• The study underscored that healthy habits contribute to a healthy brain.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 13 July 2026
• The duet underscores a big step for Yearwood.
  — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
• The fall underscored forced a reset on fintech’s boom.
  — Pam Kaur, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• The latest flare-up has underscored the stumbling blocks to a lasting peace.
  — Jana Choukeir, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
• But this underscores the obvious need for change.
  — John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 May 2026
• Fever coach Stephanie White said the marks underscored Hull's grit.
  — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• That setback merely underscores the stakes and the mounting sense of doom.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Feb. 2024
• At the end of the day, all of this underscores just how important being on top of one’s heart health is.
  — Brian Mastroianni, Health, 26 Sep. 2023
• This little journey will further underscore what a long, stange trip it’s been.
  — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
• Recent events underscore the stakes.
  — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
• Trade figures underscore that shift.
  — Li Jun, Footwear News, 31 May 2026
• Gallup research underscores this point.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• At five-on-five, the high-danger scoring chances were even at four apiece, which underscores what a low-event game this was.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• More polling underscores those findings.
  — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026
• That time frame underscores the narrowing of the show’s focus.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
• Experts said such moves underscore the need for heat rules at the federal level.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• The rebranding is part of a pivot to underscore its strength in protein, which is hot right now.
  — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
• What Martell saw in Pyongyang underscores why.
  — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
• The new maps underscore that Earth's nights are no longer changing in one direction.
  — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 20 May 2026
• His warnings about the West helped underscore the urgency of those changes.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• McDavid underscored the ranch’s stature in the region.
  — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
• The crash underscores the challenges air traffic controllers have faced in recent years.
  — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
• That work underscores the kind of man Stern was—one who was all about passion, artistry, and excellence.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 June 2026

underscore

2 of 2 noun

• The words that run next to the rampant bear underscore the point.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2017
• The lack of color underscores how shocking these works once were.
  — Roberta Smith, Martha Schwendener and Will Heinrich, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2018
• Keep the format with the year first and the underscore to keep everything tidy.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021
• Moore’s life and death underscore that not all heroes become legends.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2020
• Fried also was nominated on his own for his underscore on the eighth and final episode.
  — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
• That blacks may do even better underscores the need to dig deeper to find out why, said Halabi.
  — Washington Post, 1 June 2018
• The time for a more complete celebration of the underscore was long overdue.
  — Bobby Finger, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021
• That specialists are even more sought-after underscores how hot that market has become.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 July 2019
• The city’s canopy of trees, too, the host and his camera underscore, is denser in the wealthier neighborhoods.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• Votto’s home run total underscores what’s becoming one of his best-ever seasons at the plate.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 7 Aug. 2017
• But the late pick-five underscores some of the problems in the industry and disconnect between those who run the sport and those who bet on it.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 25 Dec. 2017
• First-quarter sales data from NielsenIQ underscore that fear.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Apr. 2022
• Meals at Patowmack Farm underscore why chefs have always come to her, rather than the other way around.
  — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
• The songs that are used in the show underscore Victor's struggles, with tunes about falling in love and feeling confused.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 18 June 2020
• And follow her prepping for the games on Istagram at Bren underscore Hucks.
  — Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2026
• The account names had extra letters or underscores, or easy-to-miss substitutions.
  — Mark Hansen, The Seattle Times, 27 Jan. 2018
• The world economy is shaky, as recent fluctuations in the stock market underscore.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
• Music transcends language for [Alex] -- for him everything has an underscore.
  — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2017
• Questions about the oil and gas industry’s future in Scotland underscore trends that have been visible for years.
  — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2021
• The vulnerability and the lack of a patch underscore a problem with third-party code libraries that has gotten worse over the past decade.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
• Other ancient genomes analyzed in the study underscore that ancient Siberia was a human crossroads.
  — Bymichael Price, science.org, 12 Jan. 2023
• The numbers underscore concern expressed at the Meeting on the Med conference in Rome last week.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 May 2026
• Last night's episode established violence as a running theme in the series, and tonight's underscores the lack of opportunity.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Nov. 2018
• And while the family certainly is special, as the movie underscores, the Incredibles don’t want to withdraw from the world.
  — Brad Bird, New York Times, 13 June 2018
• Such bumps along the road of Europe’s recovery from the ravages of its debt crisis underscore why Draghi is not yet ready to pare back support for the euro area.
  — Marcus Bensasson, Bloomberg.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• As Yemen's ongoing outage underscores, though, the fallback options for some regions are more tenuous.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 13 Jan. 2020
• And as the recent storm season underscores, South Florida comes with disaster risk, Foster said.
  — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 19 Oct. 2017
• As these historical examples underscore, there is no idealized past to reclaim nor idealized future to arrive at through an inevitable march of progress.
  — Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
• Data from Mizuho underscore how concentrated the exposure already is.
  — Yun Li, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
• Cases like this underscore why Texas still enforces the death penalty, despite ongoing controversy.
  — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 7 May 2026