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

The suspect froze when the patrol car's dash cherry caught his eye.

He tried to cut a dash at the party by wearing an expensive suit and telling extravagant stories.

When editing the document, she replaced all the wave dashes with commas to improve readability.

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.