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

I’m a comma, and I get to exist.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

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

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

The State Opening of Parliament felt like a ceremonial comma.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

Every word chosen by Nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break— these were all done on purpose.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson