comma

Example Sentences

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It was the most Iranian sentence I could imagine: despair and hope in the same breath, separated by a comma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Marcelino’s condition improved but Diaz’s health declined exponentially to the point that he fell into a comma and was put on a list to receive a liver transplant, according to news reports.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

"I agree with much of what he said, but not absolutely every word and dot and comma of it," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025

Then, it coils itself into a comma, bunching up its lower half.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

The same is true if the question is a quotation: Introduce it with a comma.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner