Dashes in a sentence

But then the US Coast Guard makes a disturbing announcement that dashes all hope.

Johnny can mix these tools with his quick dashes, allowing him to seem like he's phasing through opponents as they try to move around him.

She dashes up the aisle or clambers over seats to meet people where they’re at.

The map includes the 10 dashes that formed like a broken U-shape around the South China Sea and extend until the Bashi Channel and Taiwan.

These include powerful punches (Fists of Thunder), sweeps (Crippling Wave), dashes (Way of the Hundred Fists), weapon sweeps (Sweeping Wind), and force blasts (Deadly Reach).

Tiny bursts of starlight punctuate the dark like the dots and dashes from some long-forgotten Morse code, telling us that summer is well and truly here.

What this further suggests is that you may need to, as smartly as possible, explain what the word means in the context – employing brackets or dashes, as in putting (Nigerian expression meaning run away or instant relocation) after the term.

When the backcourt gets beat on the perimeter, and the ball handler dashes towards the cup, Mobley’s help defense often sends a pass back out if a cutter isn’t trailing the rock.

At one point, a spectator asks if his last name is Johns as he dashes back up the field where his team are running drills.

Pour the liqueur and dashes of bitters into a chilled tulip or flute glass, then top with bubbly and garnish.

Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, grandly classical in conception, with dashes of the composer’s wily idiosyncrasies, was played with lush strings and enveloping brasses.

The band’s sound was unique from the start, based in rustic Americana but with a few dashes of loops and electronica.

The livewire did plenty of eye-catching things and was particularly prominent in the second-quarter comeback with 10 of his 22 disposals and a series of dashes that created yellow-and-black scoring chances.

The nine dash line are the nine dashes or dots present on historical maps of China outlining its territorial waters.

Then, in the coda, the celesta dashes to the finish line, with both of the sounds it has used throughout the dance: fast runs of notes over light pricks of harmony.

There’s an assassination attempt, the Kursk submarine disaster, a complicated London trial, a hit-list poisoning, dashes of antisemitism, a quick cameo by Pussy Riot protesters, Putin’s consolidation of power, and an oligarch’s questionable death.

When Aries get bored, they can hop in the TRX and go beat down some sports cars in stoplight dashes or they can buzz off and explore uncharted territories.

Although he has yet to be mathematically eliminated, Sanders’ disappointing performance in Michigan all but dashes his hopes to capture the Democratic nomination.

He had a large square of paper with dots and dashes made to resemble a graham cracker on both his front and back, attached via thick straps that went over his shoulders.

That is until Tamaki can inspire newfound courage within him, and he dashes out into the sunlight to save her from a stray animal.