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
“First you say ‘comma,’ like a comma in a sentence,” said Amara Ajagu.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 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
You need only the first comma if the clause comes at the end.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
