Example Sentences

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“Many persons share initials, have hyphenated names or aliases, and also share birth dates. Without full names and birth dates, accurate identification is severely compromised,” Ramseyer wrote in her letter.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2022

For one thing, many of the show’s photographers have hyphenated identities—born in one country, living and working in another.

From The New Yorker • May 10, 2016

For one thing, many of the show’s photographers have hyphenated identities – born in one country, living and working in another.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

And for my mother's sake, I should have hyphenated my dog-walking occupation with "professional actress."

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the three occurrences of the name "Newnes's Thin-Paper Classics", Bennett hyphenates only one; I have hyphenated all three.

From Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature by Bennett, Arnold