If you're only intending to use the style for one specific phrase, I'd go with something like this:
var text words = "<span style='font-size:12px;color:#e61515'><i>words are going here</i></span>";
"word word word " & $words & " word word word"
If you want to repeat the styling, try this:
var text startTags = "<span style='font-size:12px;color:#e61515'><i>";
var text endTags = "</i></span>";
"word word word " & $startTags & " words are going here " & $endTags & " word word " & $startTags & "yet more words" & $endTags & " word."
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Ahuva Brown
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