When the old lawn mower starts, it gasses and dashes across the yard, scattering clippings everywhere.

The crew kept gassing and dashing, refueling vehicles and then sprinting to the next one.

After the rain, the children played in the puddles, making joyful splash-dashes that soaked their shoes.

On weekends the neighborhood car wash handled dozens of splash-and-dashes, leaving cars sparkling in minutes.

Children left a trail of splash and dashes across the muddy field after their impromptu race.

They were pebble-dashing the exterior walls to protect them from the weather.

Every spring, he pebble-dashes the garden wall to refresh its weatherproof coating.

They started pebble dashing the old cottage's exterior to protect it from damp.

The editor preferred the oblique dash when indicating alternatives like 'and/or' in the manuscript.

In the style guide, we decided to remove oblique dashes from headings because they made the layout look cluttered.