dashes Sentence Examples
- The man had two passions in life - reading and writing - and he pursued them with equal zeal.
- The students ran through the halls, laughing and shouting - their spirits high after the final exam.
- She hesitated - her mind racing - before finally making the difficult decision.
- The concert was almost cancelled - a storm was approaching - but ultimately the show went on.
- The children played in the park - their laughter echoing through the air - oblivious to the world around them.
- He stared at the painting - his eyes wide - as if he could see something hidden within its depths.
- The car sped down the road - a blur of motion - leaving a trail of dust in its wake.
- The man stood at the top of the hill - the wind whipping around him - and surveyed the land below.
- The woman sat by the window - a book in her lap - and watched the rain fall outside.
- The dog barked at the stranger - its tail raised high - as if to say, "Stay away!"
dashes Meaning
dashes
a stroke of a pen, to complete, execute, or finish off hastily, flashy display, a small usually special and noticeable addition, a punctuation mark — that is used especially to indicate a break in the thought or structure of a sentence, a sudden burst or splash, the sound produced by such a burst, ruin, destroy, liveliness in style and action, to break by striking or knocking, a diet that is designed to lower blood pressure and emphasizes the consumption of fruit, vegetables, grains, and low-fat or non-fat dairy products, dashboard sense 2, to knock, hurl, or thrust violently, splash, spatter, destroy sense 1, ruin, to perform or finish hastily, a sudden rush or attempt, damn entry 1 sense 4, splash entry 1 sense 1b, spatter, blow, a sudden onset, rush, or attempt, depress, sadden, a short fast race, to make ashamed, to affect by mixing in something different, a long click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in Morse code), to move with sudden speed, smash, a punctuation mark — that is used chiefly to indicate a break in the thought or structure of a sentence, animation in style and action, a small usually distinctive addition
Synonyms & Antonyms of dashes
Synonyms:
- hares
- springs
- hurls
- patters
- rockets
- rams
- hurtles
- tears
- bombs
- barrels
- legs-it-
- canters
- cannonballs
- humps
- hoofs-it-
- rips
- bustles
- bowls
- scuttles
- jets
- breezes
- blows
- whirls
- lopes
- pelts
- careens
- foots-it-
- whisks
- shoots
- blasts
- steps-along-
- shags
- blazes
- zooms
- hies
- hastens
- bolts
- buzzes
- belts
- rustles
- nips
- courses
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word dashes
a stroke of a pen, to complete, execute, or finish off hastily, flashy display, a small usually special and noticeable addition, a punctuation mark — that is us
jogs, races, trots, skips, sprints, runs, leaps, rushes, scampers, scoots
loiters,strolls, shuffles, saunters, creeps, lingers, ambles, crawls, lags, drags
The man had two passions in life - reading and writing - and he pursued them with equal zeal.
The students ran through the halls, laughing and shouting - their spirits high after the final exam.
She hesitated - her mind racing - before finally making the difficult decision.
The concert was almost cancelled - a storm was approaching - but ultimately the show went on.
