In the novel, the author used a quotation dash at the start of each spoken line to keep the dialogue clear.

The editor noted several incorrect quotation dashes in the draft and asked the author to correct them.

They decided to repair the house's pebble-dash before winter arrived.

We decided to pebble-dash the old cottage to protect it from the coastal weather.

The editor swung dashes between the clauses to indicate a sudden shift in tone.

When writing the bibliography, she used a swung dash to indicate that the author's name was the same as in the previous entry.

In her manuscript, she replaced commas and parentheses with em-dashes to create a more dramatic rhythm.

When typesetting phone numbers, use figure dashes to keep the spacing consistent between digits.

The linguist cataloged every example of mutton dashes in the old manuscripts.

The typographer frowned when she saw a mutton dash used inconsistently in the text.