How to Use punctuate in a Sentence

punctuate

verb

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• Again, the Tigers could not punctuate the drive, missing the extra point to take a slim 19-14 lead.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
• To punctuate the moment, Schneider turns and does a line of coke.
  — Nina Metz, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
• Their lives are punctuated by the horn of the water tanker.
  — Sameer Yasir Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 3 June 2024
• The question hung in the cold air, punctuated by the sound of a snoring beagle.
  — Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Their Utah organ will punctuate this moment of joy to the world.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
• The Celtics responded with an 8-0 run, punctuated by a Tatum three, of their own to push the lead back to 16.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
• The encounter was punctuated by the two sharing a kiss.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• Mister and the Saints punctuated the first half with two more scores.
  — Aidan Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
• Summerhays wasn’t able to punctuate the scene with a birdie, sliding his first putt just past the hole.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2022
• The speech seemed to punctuate the collapse of climate politics over the past year.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022
• What would punctuate this as one of the best Final Fours ever?
  — USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022
• The explosion sent a blast of heat and sound, its boom punctuated by the gunman’s AK-47.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
• But his struggles punctuate the Celtics’ need for a knockdown shooter off the bench.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
• That triggered a 9-0 run that put the game away, punctuated by a drive down the lane and two-handed dunk by Parrish.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• Trent Forrest scored a pair of baskets to punctuate the run and give the Jazz their second double-digit lead of the game.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Jan. 2022
• The sounds of machine gun fire punctuated the pair’s race to safety.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• As protests spread, Mr. Magubane’s work was punctuated by beatings and spells in prison.
  — Alan Cowell, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• The galaxies are spread across the universe in clusters that punctuate large voids, much like the nodes of a spider web.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• James punctuated things with a driving score to seal it in overtime, howling and flexing at the crowd with the win about to be in his grasp.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• But as the outing progressed, the left-hander found her groove, punctuating many of her points with a fist pump.
  — Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
• The images are dark, punctuated only by the green of Elphaba's skin and the pink of Glinda's gown.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2023
• For most of the day, the sky stays a constant blue, the horizon punctuated by the orderly fronds of date palm trees grown on nearby farms.
  — Emma Grillo Kitra Cahana, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2023
• The Israeli rhetoric was punctuated by the two waves of explosions in Lebanon.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2024
• Betts punctuated a four-spot in the bottom half of the third with a double off the wall in left, then added a two-run home run with a fifth-inning blast to left.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Pirates beat the Reds, 2-0, punctuating the low point of a disappointing start to the Reds’ season.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2023
• This era in the book is punctuated by a grim sequence of photographs.
  — Nicole Rudick, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• The sky, once punctuated by the silhouettes of birds, is empty.
  — Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
• Travelers like these could learn to structure future trips with set plans punctuated by gaps of free time.
  — Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
• Her run—punctuated by two flawless backflips, several huge drops, and steep, technical riding—set the tone.
  — Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024