Example Sentences

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Italicized chunks of Joan Foster's latest gothic romance pop up just when one is expecting the next chapter in her life.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is certainly good defining, and the passage we have Italicized has the true Transcendental ring.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various

Italicized "Lepiota" on page 13 of part 4, for consistency: "Subgenus Lepiota Fries."

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Italicized terms do not appear in the printed text.

From The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 by Painter, William

Italicized entries are names of languages or groups of languages.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward