How to Use underline in a Sentence

underline

1 of 2 verb
Definition of underlinenext
Synonyms for underlinenext
  • His name was underlined in the book.
  • The accident underlines our need for better safety procedures.
  • Read that again, bold it, and underline it—this is what the #VillainEra is all about, friends.
    — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That show was a hit, and underlined that Lacroix, far from retired, had plenty left to say.
    — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And the Teutonic edge of the verses serves to underline the bombs-away aspects of the music while the stage explodes around the band.
    — Tristram Lozaw, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • As if to underline the need for joy, a reggae dancer jaunted down center stage to close the show.
    — Colleen Barry, ajc, 18 June 2022
  • Before swearing in the jury, the judge offered Sadik a final chance to take a plea, and underlined the risk.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The minutes underlined what a difficult moment this is for the Fed.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 5 July 2023
  • In the caption of the post, Ru continued to underline the exposure in the new memoir.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • As if to underline the slow rate of change, the leader of this year’s championship is … Surrey.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Recent trends have underlined the need for such changes.
    — WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The fluidity of the book’s move to the screen underlines the care Tomine takes in composing his panels.
    — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Bier and the showrunner Cathy Schulman have explained, to underline common themes across their tenures.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Throughout the clip, a sneak peak of a new song blares in the background, with a pounding club beat underlining her explicit lyrics.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The fact that Liverpool still won 4-1 underlines the quality and depth in a squad that Klopp will soon be handing over.
    — Steve Douglas, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Her group and others like it plan to underline the difference.
    — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Does all the meta commentary undermine or underline the points that Nabers and Glover are trying to make?
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Prudence needs to underline the strategy, but there should be a bias to action.
    — Jonathan Fianu, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Just to put a pin in it, highlight it, circle it, bold, italic, and underline that inversion.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Jan. 2023
  • These figures underline the resilience and resurgence of the city’s travel and tourism sector.
    — Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • But the chasm between the silver high-rises of Sandton and the old heart of Johannesburg underlines why South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world.
    — Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The death hoax had forced me to look at my life with a rare, bird’s-eye perspective and underlined how important being a journalist was to me.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The news, while positive, also underlined the slow pace of Ukrainian troops’ progress.
    — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The sentence is the only one underlined in the five-page reporting policy.
    — Tony Cook, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The figures underline the scale of the squeeze some households are facing as basic living costs rocket far faster than wages.
    — Fortune, 28 July 2022
  • The bus crash on Friday, in which the two drivers were killed, also underlined for many Italians the growing crisis over migrants.
    — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Protests over the last week have underlined the sense of urgency among many voters to ban the AfD before regional elections this fall.
    — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The hairstyles’ main purpose is to underline a person’s beauty.
    — Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2022
  • With her new novel, Waldman underlines their efforts with thick strokes.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Ramaswamy was booed at least four times on the stage, underlining his relatively divisive role in the field.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
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underline

2 of 2 noun
  • The books are marked with underlines and checks in Wharton’s hand.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
  • But the trio of artists at Wednesday’s fund-raiser underline Taylor’s interest in blues and folk artists as well as jazz.
    — Jeremy D. Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • The taillamps remain in the same location but have been restyled to feature a slim, lighted underline.
    — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The first three entries in this list underline how important code has become to winning in today’s—and tomorrow’s—business world.
    — Martin Giles, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • For two reasons, both of which underline why Field’s movie is such a biting accomplishment.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Strawberry and raspberry drive this fresh and snappy wine with an underline of spice.
    — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • And so a quote from the paper, rules tend to use formulas or equations for the policy instrument at least as a guide – and those underlines are mine, not John’s – when making decisions.
    — WSJ, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Hoover remembers his wife kept meticulous work notes filled with highlights and underlines.
    — Elvia Malagón, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2019
  • The new logo features a modern, sleek font mean to position LEKI for the future, with a red-and-yellow underline paying tribute to the heritage of the brand’s iconic colors that have stuck around for three decades.
    — Outside Online, 18 May 2022
  • Yet last month’s abandonment of plans for a Time Out Market in its home city London and a subsequent cash call underline how hard the media group’s culinary destination arm has been hit.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Details in the painting, however, could almost be difficult to discern - haze and mist obscure much of the painting, an underline of the growing air pollution.
    — Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • An ankle-height, carbon-fiber front wing and sky-scraping rear wing underline the hardcore racing goal: massive aerodynamic downforce pins the car from above and sucks it to the pavement below.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2022
  • That double-underlines and triple-circles, in red ink, the most pressing need for this group: someone who can score consistently beyond the Marchand-Bergeron-David Pastrnak trio.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2019
  • As a brief scene-setting prologue showing Banks watching kids playing football underlines, skill on the football field has always signified freedom to him, the feeling that nothing could fence him in or keep him down.
    — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • There might be multiple exclamation points, or several underlines, and that number will usually land somewhere in the 90s or high 80s.
    — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Experts and advocates say the question marks remaining in the Indianapolis case underline what may be limits to Indiana’s gun policy.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Still, the numbers show that Ekitike has enormous upside and underline why the Rekordmeister is seriously considering him as a potential signing this summer.
    — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • The books are marked with underlines and checks in Wharton’s hand.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
  • But the trio of artists at Wednesday’s fund-raiser underline Taylor’s interest in blues and folk artists as well as jazz.
    — Jeremy D. Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • The taillamps remain in the same location but have been restyled to feature a slim, lighted underline.
    — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The first three entries in this list underline how important code has become to winning in today’s—and tomorrow’s—business world.
    — Martin Giles, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • For two reasons, both of which underline why Field’s movie is such a biting accomplishment.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Strawberry and raspberry drive this fresh and snappy wine with an underline of spice.
    — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • And so a quote from the paper, rules tend to use formulas or equations for the policy instrument at least as a guide – and those underlines are mine, not John’s – when making decisions.
    — WSJ, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Hoover remembers his wife kept meticulous work notes filled with highlights and underlines.
    — Elvia Malagón, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2019
  • The new logo features a modern, sleek font mean to position LEKI for the future, with a red-and-yellow underline paying tribute to the heritage of the brand’s iconic colors that have stuck around for three decades.
    — Outside Online, 18 May 2022
  • Yet last month’s abandonment of plans for a Time Out Market in its home city London and a subsequent cash call underline how hard the media group’s culinary destination arm has been hit.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Details in the painting, however, could almost be difficult to discern - haze and mist obscure much of the painting, an underline of the growing air pollution.
    — Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • An ankle-height, carbon-fiber front wing and sky-scraping rear wing underline the hardcore racing goal: massive aerodynamic downforce pins the car from above and sucks it to the pavement below.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2022
  • That double-underlines and triple-circles, in red ink, the most pressing need for this group: someone who can score consistently beyond the Marchand-Bergeron-David Pastrnak trio.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2019

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