Sentence examples for a colon from inspiring English sources

Two made a colon.

(That sentence needs a colon).

"I think he needs a colon there".

Should there be a colon in there?

Following up with a colon adds to the difficulty.

He had ulcerative colitis, a colon riddled with bleeding ulcers.

One, for example, questioned Montaigne's use of a colon and bemoaned his "long, annoying sentences".

I recall removing a colon for ulcerative colitis in a 7- year-old boy.

And then, this summer, he nearly died when appendicitis was misdiagnosed as a colon infection.

Winstead proposed a colon (e.g. :tmky.us/3191); Kottke suggested % or //; another correspondent floated ^ or =>.

The titles cried for a colon-oscopy.