How to Use ampersand in a Sentence

ampersand

noun

• The first ampersand sign dates back to 79 AD in the ancient town of Pompeii.
  — Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2017
• The ampersand in the name is distinctive, but it was also widely mocked at the time.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021
• Asos even has some of the rainbow ampersand tees from last year’s collection still in stock.
  — Hilary George-Parkin, Vox, 2 July 2019
• For URLs that already have a question mark, add an ampersand like this: &t=00m00s.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2022
• The actress was joined in her fashion statement by her Stranger Things co-stars, who also donned blue ampersands.
  — Neha Prakash, Vanities, 7 May 2017
• Behind the bar shines an aqua-colored version of an ampersand — the restaurant derived its name and logo from that word.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• What looks like an ampersand is actually supposed to be a 4.
  — Dallas News, 30 July 2020
• The groundbreaking sitcom stars and their iconic ampersand are back in the spotlight in NBC's latest teaser for the show, which returns this fall more than a decade after the 2006 series finale.
  — Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 5 July 2017
• In 2021, Church went big and released a three-part album titled Heart & Soul, with each word — and the ampersand — representing a different installment.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
• Granted, an ampersand would probably be worse, but what happened to the good-old days when marketing execs earned their salaries by coming up with new names, instead of adding symbols to old ones?
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
• The business has emerged as a Chipotle-of-pizza of sorts, with a cult following of both customers and employees, who have willingly had the restaurant’s symbol, the ampersand, tattooed on their bodies.
  — Katie Rogers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2017
• The new orientation is designed to emphasize the ampersand.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 23 Jan. 2022
• At a time when law firms are shortening their names to just one partner, dropping their ampersands or using only initials, one Houston firm has gone the opposite direction.
  — L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• Some people would say the Electoral College or anyone named Kyle or passwords of no more than 16 characters containing a number, an ampersand and at least one capital letter.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
• Though Simon would never affix another ampersand to his name, Halee is a collaborator as much as a producer.
  — Ian Gassman, The Know, 19 Jan. 2017
• Patron Saint Virgil Abloh—creative director, human ampersand, vibe curator, air-quote innovator.
  — Benjy Hansen-Bundy, GQ, 7 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024