bold face
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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Using bold face to emphasize his point—an extraordinary step in a judicial opinion—Judge Tillman wrote, "The problem at issue is not one of double taxation, but of no taxation."
From Salon
It's also possible that people these days assume the bold face in question is a typeface: A lie printed in bold would be especially obvious.
From Salon
“The answer,” it declares, in bold face, “is an unequivocal no.”
From New York Times
She also has a conversation with her husband Prince Charles, played by Jack Farthing, about putting on a bold face for the public.
From Fox News
The back cover declares in bold face that “Black Food Matters,” and instinctively we want to say, “Of course it does.”
From Washington Post
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