underline

Speech parts

1. underline - Noun

2. underline - Adjective

3. underline - Verb

Meaning

To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

To influence secretly.

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There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. Audre Lorde

I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment. Stephen Covey

I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing! Paul Thomas Anderson

If I make a mark in time, I can't say the mark is mine I'm only the underline of the word Yes, I'm like him; just like you, I can't tell you what to do Like everybody else I'm searching through What I've heard. Cat Stevens

I guess in the end I'm a bit like Bill Clinton on this matter, who said that he thought [abortion] should be safe, legal and rare. And I underline 'rare'. Tony Abbott

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