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Used in a Sentence
punctuate
How to use punctuate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for punctuate.
Editorial note
Teachers can't punctuate, and why it should worry you...
Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
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Meaning at a glance
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to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for punctuate.
verb
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See also: mark
verb
to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
See also: stress, emphasize, emphasise, accent, accentuate
verb
interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
Example sentences
Teachers can't punctuate, and why it should worry you...
Always remember... punctuate to live don't live to punctuate.
I am fascinated by how you punctuate your sentences with your hands.
Dave, just curious, did you properly capitalize and punctuate this or did Svbtle do that for you?
Yes, right, I tend to overlook punctuation when reading comments, etc but he did punctuate correctly there, my mistake
It is a lazy way to punctuate your language, taking advantage of the fact that people dislike it to cheaply draw an emotional response.
Wow, did you really just say that state schools are easy, while private school are complex, and then use the phrase "private school caliber students" to punctuate that judgment?I went to a private college.
"But if you blunder for words, punctuate incorrectly, spell incorrectly, and express yourself clumsily, I'm sure to believe you mind is cluttered and ill-disciplined.
But if you blunder for words, punctuate incorrectly, spell incorrectly, and express yourself clumsily, I'm sure to believe you mind is cluttered and ill-disciplined.
To be fair, some people also punctuate their anecdotes with irrelevant experimental data from people working alone on well-defined toy projects.
As if Lessig's feeling of extreme loss isn't already justified and understandable given their years-long friendship, Lessig's comments punctuate the grief harder than I thought was possible.
"If a child is taught that it is all right if you mis-spell a word occasionally, or don't always punctuate exactly correctly, then you are teaching that child that small mistakes are okay, as long as people know pretty well what is meant.
Why would you put something in a package, which has semantic meaning, just so you can put a dot in its name?Maybe using underscores in class names would be nice, but then it gets ambiguous how to punctuate something, which gets annoying.
You're quite severely strawmanning the original poster and 99% of liberals who don't have dreadlocks and punctuate every sentence with ",man".I'd add that this strawmanning and the assumption that it's true by ~~35% of the country is the reason no reform has happened for the last 3 years.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use punctuate in a sentence?
Teachers can't punctuate, and why it should worry you...
What does punctuate mean?
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What part of speech is punctuate?
punctuate is commonly used as verb.