Example sentences for: parentheses

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

  • The fragmentary sequences appear in the phenogram (see Additional data files) in parentheses, next to the more complete sequence to which they share the greatest degree of protein sequence identity in a 100-residue window.

  • In the following paragraphs, the year of first recorded use given in the OED is indicated in parentheses.

  • The number of breastfeeds per 24 hours was relatively constant during the first year (data represent median and 1 stand 3 rdquartiles; quartiles in parentheses): 1 month (mo) of age: 8.5 (6, 11); 3 mo: 7 (6, 10); 6 mo: 7 (6, 8), and 12 mo: 6 (4, 8) (Figure 3).

  • In Table 1the figures in the parentheses show the number of animals tested with each stimulus in each series.

  • If Scott Shuger is going to include snide comments in parentheses in "Today's Papers," shouldn't that be reflected in the name of the section?


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