italicize
verb (used with object)
to print in italic type.
italicized
Example Sentences
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His first major book, “In Our Time,” published a century ago this month, includes 14 short stories and 16 intense italicized single-page interchapters between the stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The skips in time that occur in the play are unnecessarily italicized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
I have italicized the words that make this requirement a very low bar.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024
But Bennet didn’t write the bloated, italicized nostra culpa, according to informed sources — it was a committee product headed by the standards desk, with extensive involvement from Sulzberger himself, sources say.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
The italicized language in the description of the referenced exchange is paraphrased, not directly quoted.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
