italics

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Here’s a list of all nominees from the ceremony, with winners highlighted in bold italics.

From Seattle Times

The words and phrases that the plaintiffs replaced with their own tendentious language are in italics.

From Los Angeles Times

Moving forward, handwriting instruction for grades 1 to 6 is to include writing “in cursive or joined italics in the appropriate grade levels,” the law states.

From Los Angeles Times

As I was writing this story, I kept a quote in italics at the top of my Word doc.

From Seattle Times

But something even more powerful was at work as I read, something harder to make sense of, let alone characterize: At the time I thought of it — always in italics — as the sound.

From Los Angeles Times