How to Use hyphenated in a Sentence

hyphenated

adjective

• For his part, Jeff, a florist, still carries the hyphenated name on IG.
  — Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 4 May 2018
• How does one include a hyphenated last name in a monogram?
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2019
• In the United States, two hyphenated fast food joints have sat high upon the thrones of their regional kingdoms.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2019
• This multi-hyphenated boss is looking to do more than transform the TV and film industry.
  — Brittney Oliver, Essence, 23 Feb. 2021
• At the rally, Trump refused to call the New York congresswoman by her full hyphenated surname.
  — Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 20 July 2019
• Bledsoe said people cannot use special characters in their name change, but Dana could have opted for a hyphenated last name.
  — Dallas News, 3 July 2019
• All kinds of ethnic groups were reclaiming the pride in their hyphenated identity, and Jews, too, wanted to get in on that action in America.
  — Emma Green, The Atlantic, 22 May 2017
• But, until recently, few people had thought about how to make a hyphenated Italian.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2017
• Each person in his small group shared quick personal stories from working with grandparents to life with a hyphenated name.
  — Dallas News, 13 July 2019
• The multi-hyphenated artiste spoke with Quartz about moving his gigs online and his new dark comedy thriller Netflix series Hasmukh.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 20 Apr. 2020
• His hyphenated identity courses through the menu: the pillowiest gnocchi is made, somehow, with tofu, and there’s a clever take on ssam with spaghetti squash, served with big leafy lettuces, tons of little sauces, and crunchy toppings.
  — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 10 July 2019
• Back in the day, being a singer/actor/dancer was a sufficiently impressive hyphenated career choice.
  — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 10 Apr. 2018
• Lister-Jones, 35, has a hyphenated name and a multi-hyphenate career.
  — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 22 May 2018
• So, how do brands reflect this exciting culture shift in a way that resonates with everyone from the yogi to the multi-hyphenated executive to the busy grandparent?
  — Julian Cohen, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2021
• The groupings were given a choice between combining names into a hyphenated format or choosing a new name entirely.
  — Staff Report, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2018
• What3words removed any hyphenated words, curse words, and homophones.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2019
• Some punctuation symbols are allowed when necessary, like in a hyphenated last name or one with an apostrophe.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 26 May 2020
• Many of the people Mr. Mateen killed had similar stories of hyphenated existence.
  — Damien Cave, New York Times, 16 June 2016
• Surely no parent wants to saddle their child with four hyphenated last names, but choosing only one, or one from each parent might end up offending one or more grandparents and other relatives.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2020
• An exact reason why the multi-hyphenated Tia Mowry-Hardrict — award-winning actress, author, entrepreneur, mom of two, and beyond — was unsurprisingly drawn to the site.
  — Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• Collectively, these creators tap into the intangible state of being Cuban, no matter the label (immigrant, hyphenated American, or exile, or all of the above) or where one lives.
  — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 27 July 2017
• Two other letters provided to the Miami Herald by the Fernandez campaign were authored by people with hyphenated names and addresses that don’t show up in public records searches.
  — David Smiley, miamiherald, 30 Mar. 2018
• Got that?** A common hyphenated compound follows the pattern adjective-noun noun or adjective-participle noun.
  — John E. McIntyre, baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• As your daughter has no doubt become aware — at doctor’s offices and airport ticketing counters — the alphabetized world is almost exclusively concerned with the first initial of a hyphenated surname.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2019
• With some hyphenated performers, a pronounced talent at the keyboard doesn’t easily transfer to the podium, where powers of leadership and individual artistry combine.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• Every American has a hyphenated identity, not just nonwhite people.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 12 June 2018
• But there’s one major metropolis missing from the re-hyphenated hip-hop heavyweight’s itinerary, however: Philadelphia.
  — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 11 July 2017
• During periods of ethnic strife in the 20th century hyphenated-Indian communities turned inwards for self-protection.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• Our identities are inevitably, and infinitely, hyphenated.
  — Siarr, Longreads, 20 May 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024