How to Use highlighter in a Sentence

highlighter

noun
  • My skin looks more like skin, and less like skin with highlighter on it.
    — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The signs for the highlighter-bright takeover have been here for quite some time.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • With a tap of highlighter on the tip, the nose appears small and pointy.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Start at the contour cone and work your way up to the ice cream and highlighter.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
  • This works best for shaped pen and brush tools, such as thicker pens and highlighters.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 31 May 2024
  • Don’t forget your highlighter and notepad.
    — Essence, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The highlighter system is the best method that has been arrived at so far.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Her lips were flushed with a rose-taupe hue, while her cheekbones were dressed in gold highlighter.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The sticks are shadows, liners and even work as a highlighter in a pinch.
    — Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • And then highlighter and contour.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
  • One final tip is to add some color with a highlighter to the rear lure as well.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
  • One final tip is to add some color with a highlighter to the rear lure as well.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
  • With a range of eight shades, this blush and highlighter combo will make your skin glow in no time.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2023
  • It can be worn as a highlighter or all over the face—with or without makeup.
    — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 28 Nov. 2019
  • But what's nice about the highlighter is that truly looks like a shimmer.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
  • Instead, the name comes from the way blush and highlighter are applied.
    — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 13 Jan. 2025
  • It can be used as a primer, highlighter, or to fake a bronzed complexion.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 21 May 2026
  • Some black inks also hold up well to a highlighter, while others don’t.
    — PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no purpose to be served for her by putting a yellow highlighter on that.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
  • That’s where a highlighter (and even a powder) comes into play.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Yellow-highlighter moments aside, the movie sticks to its guns and draws us in.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Just like highlighter on your cheekbones catches the light, the same goes for your eyes.
    — Deanna Pai, Redbook, 26 May 2017
  • Pair cut crease glittery gold eyes with a matching two-tone lip and a ton of highlighter.
    — Michella Oré, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2020
  • With a heavy dose of black eyeliner and a pop of highlighter, this style is a must-try.
    — The Editors, Cosmopolitan, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Rodri gets the highlighter treatment again and again.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Speaking of highlighter, glowy skin is always in.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Find fine-line highlighters from Walmart.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2024
  • The glittery lip gloss is long-lasting and not too sticky, while the highlighter makes skin glow.
    — Rich Scherr, Parents, 9 Jan. 2024
  • In the age where glass skin rules supreme, a great liquid highlighter is a must-have in any makeup kit.
    — Allure, 16 May 2022
  • On one side stood Togo, dressed head to toe in highlighter yellow.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026

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