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punctuate

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Meaning

To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

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I am glad you came in to punctuate my discourse, which I fear has gone on for an hour without any stop at all. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

As for the herbal cigarettes, for the most part I don't smoke as much as the guys do. I'm usually just strutting around a bit more so I don't actually have to be inhaling it. I'm lucky because I do have scenes where the cigarettes work beautifully to punctuate certain things I'm saying. Christina Hendricks

The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence. Saul Williams

Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet Source: Internet

Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone Source: Internet

As a discipline, drumming concentrates on training the body to punctuate, convey and interpret musical rhythmic intention to an audience and to the performer. Source: Internet

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