Words similar to scare-quotes

Example sentences for: scare-quotes

How can you use “scare-quotes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The New York Times lead states that the "consumer" health-care laws (the scare-quotes are supplied by the Times ) being discussed in state capitals tend to focus more on protecting "the incomes, jobs and turf of the health-care system's biggest and richest vested interests," namely, specialist physicians and managed-care plans.
Scare-quotes, as they are sometimes called, call into question the very words they assert.
Although feature production in Los Angeles County is down 13 percent this year, says the paper, "adult" (used by the LAT without the scare-quotes) movie production is up 25 percent.
Note the scare-quotes in the following: "The only veterans covered.