For once that epithet is justified and is more than a convenient journalistic label to ramp up the ghastliness of any given tragedy. |
The species name is called the epithet of the species, and they are always printed in italics, by convention. |
Judging by the epithet you've awarded him, I take it you weren't unduly impressed. |
Moe picks up an identical thick-bladed knife and hurls it at Whitford with an epithet. |
When we characterise these tendencies as centrist and opportunist, this is not some kind of epithet or swear word. |
Indeed, yonderly in particular, when applied to persons, is an untranslatable epithet, and yet one which exactly describes certain types of mind. |