Example Sentences

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Repeated military incidents in and around the Strait of Hormuz have punctuated the two-month ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Royal Mail is introducing 3,500 solar-powered postboxes across the UK, altering the iconic look of the red pillar boxes that have punctuated Britain's streets for nearly two centuries.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

“I had hundreds of clay figures made and painted and then filmed them to explore history through the tragedies and struggles that have punctuated and tainted it,” he said.

From Reuters • Feb. 12, 2022

The press screenings and catch-up trips to local theaters that have punctuated my weeks for more than two decades vanished, and my internet connection turned into a 24-hour cinémathèque.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2020

Had many a man made this speech he would have punctuated its termination with a clenched fist.

From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Goddard, Charles