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Example sentences for "hyphens"

Lexicographically close words:
hypha; hyphae; hyphen; hyphenated; hyphenation; hypnagogic; hypnoidal; hypnosis; hypnotic; hypnotically
  1. Dewforth leaned close and studied these, but found only mute combinations of letters and numbers, joined by hyphens or separated by virgules.

  2. Their names were mute combinations of letters and numbers, joined by hyphens or separated by virgules.

  3. The texts of these orders, instructions, directives or memoranda consisted of mute combinations of letters and numbers, joined by hyphens or separated by virgules.

  4. The larger words have been divided by hyphens when a separation into syllables is likely to help the learner.

  5. After a word not too difficult has been made familiar by its repeated occurrence, the hyphens are omitted.

  6. But in our newspapers the compounding-disease lingers a little to the present day, but with the hyphens left out, in the German fashion.

  7. They are compound words with the hyphens left out.

  8. The hyphens get affected by the cleaning-up process which takes out the unwanted dark patches on the scans.

  9. However, the results were quite good, with the text coming through very clearly, and only the hyphens needing a good amount of checking.

  10. A strict adherence to the rules given would probably result, not in bad composition, but in a much greater use of hyphens than would be found on the pages of many recent books from the presses of some of the best publishers.

  11. Throughout the document there were many instances where there was no hyphens where one would expect hyphens to be.

  12. Many words that might be solidified, under the rules of logic, are set with hyphens because they present an unsightly appearance as one word.

  13. The question arises whether hyphens should be used in such expressions, and how.

  14. See paragraph 45 of this book for an explanation of the use of hyphens in the foregoing sentence.

  15. The hyphens are given to show the construction of the words, but should not be used in writing.

  16. The hyphens are used only to show the root, suffix, and grammatical termination of the examples.

  17. Insist upon two or three hyphens without spaces when a dash is wanted.

  18. The errors in punctuation found in business correspondence are of infinite variety, although a surprising number of stenographers make similar errors in using hyphens for dashes and in misplacing quotation marks.


  19. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hyphens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.