Example Sentences

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She emphasized that the Covid era had underscored the vulnerability of the profession: “We discovered that we are nothing — the opera houses were closed. It really has to be love from your guts.”

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2022

The State Department spokesperson said Feltman had underscored that "now is the time for all outside actors to press for negotiations and end the war" in Ethiopia.

From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2021

By literally banishing a term about autism from the medical lexicon, the APA had underscored a deep, ongoing tension that exists among the autistic community and its advocates.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2021

Prior Eighth Amendment cases had underscored that the amendment prohibits punishments that are inconsistent with evolving standards of decency.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2019

And those words had been written eleven days ago; and she had underscored the word "earliest" three times.

From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John