underscores

Example Sentences

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Obama Visit Underscores Lack of Change for Myanmar’s Poor YANGON, Myanmar — The center of Yangon is filled with signs that capitalism is on the march in this former socialist military dictatorship.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012

Michael Ybarra’s Death Underscores the Allure and Dangers of Solo Mountain The heady thrills of scaling mountains alone or without safety gear more than outweighs the often lethal hazards for many climbers, writes Scott Johnson.

From Newsweek • Jul. 15, 2012

Underscores are also used to indicate italicized words, but in all cases such words are English words.

From An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality by Challis, James

Underscores are more popular than slants, but some people feel that underscores should properly be reserved for underlined text.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim

Underscores mark italics; words enclosed in +pluses+ represent boldface; words enclosed in /slashes/ represent underlined words.

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Reed, Alonzo