- present participle of underline.
underlining
Example Sentences
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The crypto-data provider Blockworks said that it acquired its rival Messari in a deal underlining the pressures faced by once-highflying startups in a deepening bear market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One on Monday, actress Juliet Stevenson praised Pike's actions, underlining how actors and audiences share a mutual "responsibility" in maintaining the "illusion" of an "imaginative world".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday will weigh a draft resolution underlining states' obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move that has been scaled back under pressure from major greenhouse gas emitters.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
And it ensnares Artie in a web of secrecy, underlining how “blind we humans are … moving through life as though through shadows.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
I underline sultan’s, but then I erase my underlining, in case it is too obvious a clue.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
