Examples of comma in a Sentence
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On Sunday, Inside Out 2 crossed $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, becoming this year’s highest-grossing film and the first since Barbie to join the three comma club.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 4 July 2024
After her name, there is frequently only a comma and the description: the fiancé of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.
—Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
People who know me can understand my position on things based on punctuation marks, my commas.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
The rise and fall from comma to comma, the full stop in a period: In the face of uncertainty, of not knowing when the pain will end, Small Rain’s sentences transform the clinical narration of a hospital stay into the soothing murmur of a prayer, or the steady sound of rain.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 4 July 2024
After her name, there is frequently only a comma and the description: the fiancé of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.
—Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
People who know me can understand my position on things based on punctuation marks, my commas.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
The rise and fall from comma to comma, the full stop in a period: In the face of uncertainty, of not knowing when the pain will end, Small Rain’s sentences transform the clinical narration of a hospital stay into the soothing murmur of a prayer, or the steady sound of rain.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comma. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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comma
noun
com·ma
ˈkäm-ə 
: a punctuation mark , used chiefly to show separation of words or word groups within a sentence
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