How to Use punctuation mark in a Sentence

punctuation mark

noun
  • Cade came in and got the big hit and that put the punctuation mark on it.
    — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Patrick’s not the first to use that punctuation mark to make a clever switch in a song’s meaning.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2024
  • At the top of the slope, the house’s back yard has a wide stone and grass patio and a startling punctuation mark.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The semicolon is a wily punctuation mark.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The semicolon is a wily punctuation mark.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • There are an increasing number of movies with not just one, but two punctuation marks!
    — Dan Kopf, Quartzy, 29 June 2019
  • Those who like hard rules must accept that the comma is an oddball among the punctuation marks, in two ways.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The em dash is a versatile punctuation mark, often used in place of a colon or comma.
    — Reuven Perlman, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2021
  • More than half of the respondents did not know how to correctly use the punctuation mark.
    — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
  • The interior forms a nice surface, but the wire frame acts as an abrupt punctuation mark.
    — Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
  • This is a book whose author has weighed every punctuation mark just that carefully.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Throwing in a symbol or punctuation mark can tighten up a password too.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Many have noted that this is a rightful career punctuation mark for Yeoh.
    — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Each artist was asked to design a poster using a different punctuation mark.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The punctuation mark on living for the chase is hearing customers tell us how our products made their lives simpler.
    — Chris Carosa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Saturday’s hometown concert was the punctuation mark the band and their fans had been waiting on for two years.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 25 Sep. 2022
  • But this last season wouldn’t have been an ideal punctuation mark on a basketball career.
    — Jon Blau, Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2020
  • Cleveland put the punctuation mark on the win with a thunderous dunk with 58 seconds left.
    — Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2024
  • There was nothing that needed to be reviewed about Rusnak's punctuation mark on the evening, though.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • And that’s what made Franklin’s speech such a brilliant punctuation mark to the convention’s debate.
    — Michael Golden, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Pusha delivers a clear message through his brash lyricism and usual drug fiend raps, which includes a clear start and punctuation mark.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 July 2018
  • Using the punctuation mark when other people don’t can lead to self-consciousness.
    — Katherine Bindley, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
  • Each book contains random letters and punctuation marks, so most of the texts are nonsensical.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Skip the random number or punctuation mark at the end of your password; instead, work it into the password itself.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
  • New Orleans and the Final Four was going to be that team’s punctuation mark.
    — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Six pins poked up through the top of the device to display a single braille character (letter, number or punctuation mark).
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 8 May 2017
  • That controversial call in Arizona would not be the punctuation mark on the end of his college tenure.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The fun of this drink starts, of course, with the name, which weighs in at 11 words (and one punctuation mark) and with which people tend to be both amused and bemused.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The theme isn't about the transformational power of a punctuation mark.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2023
  • The board also acknowledged this week that some ballots were printed without a punctuation mark in a way that might confuse voters.
    — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2020

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