Highlight the current sentence using `hl-sentence' face. To use this package, add the following code to your `emacs-init-file' (require 'hl-sentence) (add-hook 'YOUR-MODE-HOOK 'hl-sentence-mode) You can customize the face to make it look the way you like (set-face-attribute 'hl-sentence nil :foreground "#444") Please send bug reports to https://github.com/milkypostman/hl-sentence/issues This mode started out as a bit of elisp at http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SentenceHighlight by Aaron Hawley.