to punctuate
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5.1
- verb
- /ˈpʌŋk.tʃu.eɪt/
:
interrumpir
- The speech was punctuated by moments of laughter and applause from the audience.
- punctuated by occasional
- punctuated by moments
- punctuated by student protests
It's hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.
- It's hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.
- Your life tends to be punctuated by insults and by invalidation.
- Mentally managed to blurt out each repetition, punctuated by a heaving SOB.
- So it's a large amount of therapy punctuated by these MDMA experiences.
- The disasters that constantly punctuate history.
- My process is best defined as days of guilt and self loathing punctuated by hours of sheer brilliance.
- Routinized violence punctuates everyday existence inside jail and prison.
- My process is days of guilt and self loathing punctuated by hours of sheer brilliance.
- If the pitch goes on too long and you lose your attention, you just really want to know what the hook is and then punctuate that and let them ask questions.
- You said that when great depths of unrelenting sorrow are punctuated by great peaks of joy and liberation, the result is delicious.
- I know I'm too big for everybody, but, you know, Yeah, I had, I had a great relationship with my mom, but it it kept getting punctuated by step dads.
- And yes, my life has been punctuated by a couple kind of significant Rubicon changes or or reinventions to be sure.
- But, but the concept of punctuated equilibrium was a very important concept in evolutionary biology.
- And I think to really, you know, punctuate this whole thing and bring it back to Tony.
- It really, it punctuates the the preciousness of life by living on that edge in a certain way.
- Then you get addicted, and now you're living a life which is, you know, punctuated highs of pleasure with a lot of pain of different sorts.
Examples
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Weeks later, I overheard a muffled discussion, punctuated by my sister's very clear sobs.
Fiction book (1993) -
My visits, though frequent are now punctuated with the pain of loss and confusion.
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The disasters that constantly punctuate history.
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All of their conversations were punctuated by expressions of love for him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Nearby, the gentle flow of water was punctuated by the sound of splashing fish.
Fiction book (1990) -
As Marchena and Columbus move forward, their conversation is punctuated by light and shadow.
Fiction book (1992) -
Recently, at least two major crises in 1987 and 1990 have punctuated Indo-Pakistani relations.
Academic text (1997) -
In general, most poets' lives are lived in a measured obscurity, punctuated by the brief frissons of published books.
Academic text (2015) -
Occasional outbursts of public protest punctuate what appear to be long periods of apathetic indifference by the public.
Academic text (1999) -
After a brief lull, the shrieks rose to a crescendo punctuated by dull thuds.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
909
2.5
To stop someone speaking or an activity
Antonyms
How Intermittent
Surface Forms
Morphology
punctuate = punctuation (semi-transparent) = punct + ate
This sense is a metaphorical extension from the idea of making points/marks to interrupting or marking intervals; inferable but not strictly literal.
Etymology
The word punctuate also comes from Latin punctum, 'point', and carries the idea of making small, clear marks in time. If a laugh or clap happens now and then, it 'punctuates' the conversation by breaking the flow with those little moments.