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Example sentences for "underscore"

Lexicographically close words:
underrate; underrated; underrating; underrun; underrunning; underscored; underscores; underscoring; undersea; underseas
  1. It is a good habit to underscore passages in books which have contributed something vital to one's own thought--always provided that the books have not been borrowed.

  2. Why keep each fool's bequeathment, scratch and blur Which overscrawl and underscore the piece-- Nay, strengthen them by touches of your own?

  3. Underscore The cheap thing--thousands to the fore!

  4. Because of this, where one formerly might underscore a word for emphasis, it is necessary now to reword the sentence altogether.

  5. Underscore the names with wave lines so that they shall be printed in display type.

  6. Underscore the element that needs correcting, and put the abbreviation in the margin.

  7. Exercise 3 In the following sentences, underscore the direct object with one line and the indirect object with two lines.

  8. Exercise 7 In the following sentences underscore the adverbs which are connected by co-ordinate conjunctions: 1.

  9. Exercise 1 Underscore the adverbs in the following sentences and tell which word they modify: 1.

  10. Underscore the prepositional phrases in the remainder of the quotation and determine which word is used as the object of the preposition.

  11. Exercise 4 In the following sentences underscore the complete subject and the complete predicate.

  12. Note the following sentences and underscore the proper verb to complete the meaning: The secretary and treasurer were--was here.

  13. Exercise 6 In the following sentences, underscore the adjectives which are connected by co-ordinate conjunctions.

  14. Exercise 6 In the following poem underscore all of the dependent clauses.

  15. Exercise 3 Underscore the correct article in the following sentences: 1.

  16. An admitted overscore or underscore may be amended without penalty before the cards are dealt for the following round.

  17. For italics underscore one line; for small capitals, two; capitals, three.

  18. When necessary to write in long hand, underscore u and overscore n, and print proper names and unusual words.

  19. With the questions concerning the text itself, however, I do no writing; I simply underscore neatly those words or phrases of the text that will hint at the point to be raised.

  20. It is a capital plan to underscore in your Bibles, and get your scholars in the course of the lesson to underscore in theirs, the key-sentences of the psalm.

  21. In the First Psalm, for instance, you have in bold relief the main thought of the six verses if you underscore "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked.

  22. As each question occurs to me, or is suggested by my reading, I underscore a word that henceforth stands for that question.

  23. When you write down such points on your paper, underscore them.

  24. When slip is not made, an excellent way to indicate the lettering for the back of book is to underscore lightly in lead pencil on title page, the specific words in title desired; for author underscore twice.

  25. But the reason why this feature is introduced seems mainly to be to underscore the lesson, that those who exercised the violence which hurried the Servant from the land of the living were blind instruments of a higher power.

  26. Isaiah feels the incongruity that music should be so prostituted, and expresses it by adding to his list of musical instruments 'and wine' as if he would underscore the degradation of the great art to be the cupbearer of sots.

  27. Exercise: Insert within the parentheses all the connectives that might conceivably be used, and underscore the one which you consider to be most exact: 1.

  28. Do not underscore the title, or unnecessarily place it in quotation marks.

  29. Once or twice Larry Strangways took out his watch and glanced at it, as if to underscore the fact that the sands were slipping away.

  30. Why should they always underscore each other's faults when by seeing each other's good points they could benefit not only themselves, but the world?

  31. Now and again, as if to underscore his bursts of merriment, he would deal the table shrewd blows.

  32. His voice, his gesture, the scornful shrug of his shoulders, with which he seemed to underscore his words, all were those of a ruffian and a bully.

  33. Underscore the sentence that gives the fundamental image.

  34. If some word occurs frequently, underscore it each time, and then substitute words or expressions for it in as many places as you can.

  35. In your description underscore the sentence giving the point of view.

  36. Underscore got and then each time you have used them.

  37. Underscore the sentence that pictures the details most essential to the description.

  38. Underscore then each time you have used it.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "underscore" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accent; accentuate; band; bar; belabor; blaze; blemish; blotch; brand; chalk; check; dash; define; delimit; delineation; demarcate; diagonal; discolor; dot; emphasize; engrave; feature; freckle; gash; hairline; hatch; hatching; highlight; impress; imprint; line; mark; mottle; nick; notch; pencil; pepper; play; point; prick; print; punch; punctuate; puncture; riddle; scar; scarify; score; scratch; seal; seam; slash; speck; splotch; spot; spotlight; stain; stamp; star; stigmatize; streak; streaking; stress; striate; striation; strip; stripe; stroke; tattoo; tick; trace; underline; underscore