How to Use boldface in a Sentence

boldface

noun
  • The headline was printed in boldface.
  • The list goes on and on — and that’s just the feature boldface names.
    Jaclyn Friedman, Vox, 11 May 2018
  • Here’s a look at the CBS fall lineup, with new shows in boldface.
    Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, 17 May 2017
  • Apart from the Bathsheba and Sewall, few other boldface names from the trials cameo in the episode.
    Rachel Kaufman, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Here are the most gorgeous rings of all time, as seen on our favorite celebrities, royals, and boldface names.
    Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2022
  • There’s no shortage of boldface names who’ve released their own line of spirits.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 July 2021
  • But the boldface names didn’t distract from the creators’ devotion to the unpredictable.
    Ryan H. Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Khaled’s megamix cuts, filled with boldface artists, once had a certain novelty.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 4 May 2021
  • Numerous boldface names in the world of finance have also backed off in-office work.
    NBC News, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The on-screen type appears in boldface and capital letters.
    Kit R. Roane, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2020
  • What about the mystery of his money, videotapes, rumors of spies and blackmail, and boldface names deleted from court records?
    Nina Burleigh, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021
  • Even these fellow boldface names aren’t immune to her presence.
    Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 20 Feb. 2017
  • But other boldface names in tech have not been as resolute against Apple’s move.
    Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2021
  • In his holiday poems, Mr. Angell mixed the boldface names, from high culture and low, that had filtered through that year.
    New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • The law said the sign must be at least 8 inches wide and 6 inches tall and use the colors red and yellow, with a boldface typeface, among other requirements.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 17 May 2022
  • But at least Quibi has an impressive list of boldface names to tout to investors and potential viewers.
    Jennifer Vineyard, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • This fall is chock-full of fiction — there are follow-ups coming from boldface names like Sally Rooney and Jonathan Franzen — but don't sleep on the nonfiction of the season.
    Seija Rankin, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Then a fifty-five-page bildungsroman written in short sections with boldface titles.
    Adam Dalva, The New Yorker, 15 July 2021
  • Jordan and Pitbull are the latest boldface names to latch onto motorsports.
    Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Whether the product or the spokesperson was the nostalgia piece, boldface names defined viewers’ experience of Super Bowl 2022 — and the trend shows no signs of slowing.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Here are a few of the less-than-boldface names among them who are likely to play an outsize role in accomplishing Mr. Trump’s highest-priority items.
    Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Your boldface lettering set the graphic standard for protest t-shirts for evermore.
    Sarah Mower, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2017
  • His Instagram feed reveals a never-ending list of boldface names.
    Sunhee Grinnell, vanityfair.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Once a regular boldface name in Manhattan’s social pages, Robert Trump had kept a lower profile in recent years.
    Jim Mustian, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Once a regular boldface name in Manhattan's social pages, Robert Trump had kept a lower profile in recent years.
    CBS News, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Washington got a crash course in risk-reward ratios after a spate of boldface names tested positive for the coronavirus this week.
    Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022
  • As many as eight more lines of boldface text came before the second additional donation disclaimer.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
  • The assembly of boldface names that were brought out at the three-day Disney fan event for a wave and brief chat about upcoming projects was a visual representation of the breadth of content produced by the studio these days.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The race to be governor of Georgia is Tuesday's main event, featuring boldface names and familiar stakes in a critical state that will be closely watched this midterm year and well beyond.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 24 May 2022
  • But McConaughey wants readers to look beyond the boldface name on its cover and focus on its fundamental message.
    Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020

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