Sentence examples for dash from inspiring English sources

Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley and a dressing of 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 crushed garlic clove, a dash of red wine vinegar, salt, pepper, and creme fraiche.

Back in Georgetown, waiting for a taxi to the airport, we do a last-minute dash around the street stalls: all I salvage are an oil painting of the Kaieteur Falls (a rather Surrealist interpretation), a shell necklace, a woven basket and as much El Dorado rum as possible, before the plane carries us to a connecting flight at Barbados, and the waters change from brown to a shock of bright blue.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.29pm BST22 29 70 min: Another long ball out of defence from Algeria prompts another chase from Slimani and another potentially suicidal dash out of his penalty area from Manuel Neuer.

Cult musical in which an ex-con and his brother stage a mercy dash across the US to stage a charity gig that will save an orphanage from closure.

Beware sentences – such as this one – that dash about all over the place – commas (or even, very occasionally, brackets) are often better; semicolons also have their uses.

Part of the latest "new Messiah's" job will be to persuade some of the better players to stay put but Moussa Sissoko, Tim Krul, Cheik Tioté, Daryl Janmaat and Papiss Cissé could make a dash for the exits.

It's part of an 11th-hour dash from campaigning organisations and political parties to return thousands of "missing" young people to the electoral register before Monday's deadline.

lemon, dash of water Porridge 1 cup porridge oats, 2 cups water or milk (or a mixture of the two), pinch of salt or brown sugar, 1 tbsp acacia or runny honey (optional) Make the apple purée by slicing the apples into a small saucepan and adding the lemon juice and a dash of water.

It took three more years for a case against Nadir to be assembled, triggering his midnight dash from a small airfield in Dorset, in flight from more than 50 fiercely contested charges.

Top with a blob of yoghurt and a squirt of chilli sauce one day, mix with a dash of chilli oil the next, and drizzle with parsley-garlic oil (mash together in a pestle and mortar) the following day.

As soon as the gates are open they dash full-tilt across it, jostling and wheezing in their desperation to reach the safety of the cinema.