Example sentences for: hyphenate

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

  • One may hyphenate, but should one?

  • My other complaint is about compositors (and proofreaders) who set loose lines because they do not know how to hyphenate the word they have carried over to a following line.

  • One useful function of dictionaries till recently was that they showed syllabic breaks, enabling letter- and novel-writers alike to discover where to hyphenate words.

  • Thus, a given dictionary might hyphenate thick-skinned, thick-skulled , and thick-witted but not thickheaded (e.g.


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