in quotes

idiom

: preceded and followed by quotation marks

The phrase was in quotes.

Examples of in quotes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here’s a quick and easy way: Head to Google and type in your first and last name in quotes. —Kim Komando, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025

So said Michael Scott in a season-three episode of The Office, in GIFs all over the internet, and in quotes on Hinge profiles far and wide. —Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 23 July 2024

Every cultural act seemed to be becoming a message to be read, a statement to be placed in quotes. —Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024

That’s in quotes because, aside from the speed of light, nothing is faster than this kind of photo shoot. —Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024

The line, typed out in quotes, could be a lyric from the album that’s due in just days, on April 19. —Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2024

Ryan said in quotes provided to EW from an interview conducted prior to the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2023

Seated in a dressing room, Morgan looked at the walls that were covered in quotes from country artists and/or Opry members including Alan Jackson and Taylor Swift. —Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 31 July 2023

Yes, in both the ad the parents post on Craigslist and an awkward in-person meeting between Lawrence’s Maddie and the mother and father played by Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick, date, in quotes, appears to be a euphemism. —Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023

Rhymes for in quotes

• anecdotes
• antidotes
• asymptotes
• eukaryotes
• motorboats
• overcoats
• petticoats
• prokaryotes
• banknotes
• connotes
• denotes
• devotes