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Slanted letters that look like this: We the people. Italics are most often used to emphasize certain words, to indicate that they are in a foreign language, or to set off the title of a literary or artistic work.

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ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

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Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

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Words nearby italics

Italian spinone, Italian vermouth, italic, Italicism, italicize, italics, Italo-, Italophile, Italy, Itapetininga, Itar Tass

How to use italics in a sentence

In those anonymous italics again, Kibbe imagines unnamed folks saying, “Check this out: This senator is speaking truth to power.”
Why The Tea Party Won’t Go Away And More Wisdom From Matt Kibbe|Michael Signer|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The first step is to raise average (not marginal) tax rates on upper-income taxpayers,” [my italics] Hubbard wrote.
Fiscal Cliff Hostage Situation: Should the Rich Get Soaked?|Daniel Gross|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
[Italics added] The slogan "Get your government off my Medicare" is ludicrous enough.
David's Book Club: What Are Liberals Thinking?|David Frum|July 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He writes (my italics): “The Prime Minister … did no more than wish him well in his bid ...” Why “did no more”?
Harold Evans Responds to Murdoch|Harold Evans|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The italics are Hoberman's, but the words would be shocking in any typeface.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|April 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The book contains many words in which some though not all of the letters are in italics, for example Swordsman.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The phrases from which a succeeding sentence springs are 184 in small capitals; and the phrases which refer back are in italics.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
In each case the Italics, as usual, designate words not existing in the Hebrew text.
Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853|Various
"I am not free," she repeated, and again the italics were her very own.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914|Various
The names of those who wore the crown are marked in italics.
Theodoric the Goth|Thomas Hodgkin

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