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

He gassed and dashed to the next town, hoping to make the meeting.

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.

The contractor pebble-dashed the house before winter.

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

They pebble dashed the cottage to protect it from the weather.

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.