Example sentences for: punctuated

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

  • At night the deep darkness of the streets is punctuated only by the neon glow of TV sets from tiny front rooms and the occasional headlights of a small colony of gas-guzzling vintage Chevrolets and Plymouths.

  • So it's worth asking whether the jocks' media blitz for Bradley, punctuated by their full-court press on Sunday's political talk shows, conveyed anything of substance.

  • He writes up his alarming conclusions in a 473-page book; full of startling facts about the changes underway in technology and the global market; larded with phrases in Japanese, German, Chinese, and even Malay; and punctuated with occasional barbed remarks about the blinkered vision of conventional economists.

  • One might think that watching other people fishing is like watching the grass grow; it cannot compare for action with The Terminator , yet it is far from boring—especially if one is watching an edited version and does not have to sit on shore or in a boat for hours on end— and that particular program, punctuated here and there by fishing lore, was dreamily engaging and peaceful, well calculated to remove one's mind from the cares of the day.

  • His long awkward silences are punctuated only by unsettling smiles and chilling anecdotes.


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