parenthesis

Example Sentences

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It’s followed by parentheses that hold plain descriptions — red chapel relief; oil can; or, folding table and chairs, dark brown.

From Los Angeles Times

“When I started a Twitter account, I had to put in parentheses, ‘Not Charlie Sheen,’ ” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Nitrous-filled balloons and chaos-theory fashion dotted the buoyant crowd, who treated the writers as rock stars, and the literary event turned out more of a parenthesis than the main point, which was to party.

From Los Angeles Times

“I like the nuanced language in the red parentheses ... they are suggestive without being defensive,” wrote Wong regarding one draft that described Sebastian’s health issues as “persistent” rather than “significant.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some of his models were Senegalese men and women whose names appear in parentheses in the titles of the pieces.

From New York Times