In Japanese typography, the wave dash is often used to indicate ranges of dates.

For ranges of numbers and dates in printed text, editors often prefer en dashes rather than hyphens.

She asked him to dash down the main points while she handled the calls.

When the harvest was done, the villagers would gather by moonlight for a revel-dash that lasted until dawn.

The engineer replaced the worn dash-wheels before the race to ensure smooth acceleration.

The laundress placed the damp linens into the dash-wheel and turned the crank, watching as each compartment spun the fabric through the swirling water.

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.

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.