How to Use punctuate in a Sentence

punctuate

verb
Definition of punctuatenext
Synonyms for punctuatenext
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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
  • Your fists punctuate the air, your fingers drum on the steering wheel, your hips rock back and forth, for each of those ten beats.
    — Caryn Rose, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • But new dwellings punctuate the landscape, and more are being built.
    — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • When Barlow scampered in from the four-yard line to punctuate the drive, the evening was — for all intents and purposes — over.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Is the shofar — the horn whose blasts punctuate the holy days — a potential vector of disease?
    — Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • The singing and sermons were punctuated by calls for justice.
    — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But his tenure has also been punctuated by a number of chastening defeats and performances over the last two seasons have heaped pressure on the manager.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024

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