JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. <span class="inline">Mauris a tristique sapien. Nam vel est eget massa rhoncus pharetra sit amet in ligula. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Mauris odio elit, efficitur et ultrices ac, eleifend id velit. Donec aliquam libero est, sed euismod elit fermentum in.</span> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam ornare purus turpis.</p>

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. <span class="inline-block">Mauris a tristique sapien. Nam vel est eget massa rhoncus pharetra sit amet in ligula. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Mauris odio elit, efficitur et ultrices ac, eleifend id velit. Donec aliquam libero est, sed euismod elit fermentum in.</span> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam ornare purus turpis.</p>

CSS

.inline {
  display: inline;
  background-color: #ccc;
}

.inline-block {
  display: inline-block;
  background-color: #ccc;
}