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
• 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 sacks of Rome provide punctuation marks in a long story.
  — Greg Woolf, WSJ, 29 June 2018
• 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
• New Orleans and the Final Four was going to be that team’s punctuation mark.
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2020
• There are few punctuation marks in his life after that.
  — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• The clingy footwear style—a Yeezy staple—had a fresh vibrance in the summery shade, and served as a cheery punctuation mark to Kardashian West’s look.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 25 July 2018
• The punctuation mark seemed to come at the 7-minute, 8-second mark of the fourth quarter after the Bulls trimmed a 15-point deficit to single digits and the Bucks were passing up open looks.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2022
• 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
• The interior forms a nice surface, but the wire frame acts as an abrupt punctuation mark.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
• Saturday’s hometown concert was the punctuation mark the band and their fans had been waiting on for two years.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• But, the Bucks began to claw back and Holiday put a punctuation mark on it with a 48-footer to pull the Bucks within five and get the home arena rocking.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
• There was nothing that needed to be reviewed about Rusnak's punctuation mark on the evening, though.
  — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• There are an increasing number of movies with not just one, but two punctuation marks!
  — Dan Kopf, Quartzy, 29 June 2019
• This 2023 version has a black leather band, case, and face, with Movada's signature dot as a stylish punctuation mark.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 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
• Many have noted that this is a rightful career punctuation mark for Yeoh.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
• This is a punctuation mark, but perhaps not an endpoint.
  — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2021
• That controversial call in Arizona would not be the punctuation mark on the end of his college tenure.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2020
• 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
• 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
• Karma dressed as a 19th skater on the Habs’ bench after the outrageous, predatory slam Mark Scheifele delivered as the punctuation mark to Game 1 of the series.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021
• Each artist was asked to design a poster using a different punctuation mark.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
• 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
• Throwing in a symbol or punctuation mark can tighten up a password too.
  — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
• The theme isn't about the transformational power of a punctuation mark.
  — Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2023
• Any skiving student worth their salt knows the usual tricks to make an essay look longer: use larger punctuation marks and spaces, mess around with the margins, maybe even try to creep up to a larger font size.
  — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2018
• 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
• The Cardinals filed off the court in red jerseys stained with sweat and tears, a melancholy punctuation mark on a season that had for so long been extended with ellipses holding the promise of just one more game.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2018
• But this last season wouldn’t have been an ideal punctuation mark on a basketball career.
  — Jon Blau, Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2020

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