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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

"It is my understanding that he liked to use the Oxford comma," she added.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

Wes doesn’t place a comma in by accident.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Petey curled into a fuzzy comma when I put the leaves in his jar.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly