bold face
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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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 ● Feb. 28, 2022
“The answer,” it declares, in bold face, “is an unequivocal no.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
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 ● Sep. 23, 2021
The back cover declares in bold face that “Black Food Matters,” and instinctively we want to say, “Of course it does.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2020
I can’t do that—on the contrary, I have to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyway.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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