Sentence examples for ends of sentences from inspiring English sources

"Fantastic for us," he said in the lilting brogue that lifts the ends of sentences hereabouts.

Characters spoke about "an appointment at Planned Parenthood" and trailed off at the ends of sentences.

He swallows the ends of sentences, is full of tenative arm movements, and never persuades me that he could have been even an ersatz cowboy.

He captures Trump's physical mannerisms, including his odd repertoire of hand gestures, and, in speaking, nails his breathy lower registers, as well as the phrases that he tacks on to the ends of sentences.

As periods indicate not just ends of sentences but abbreviations as well, a capitalized word that follows often clarifies that the period was serving the former function instead of the latter.

Parentheses are used, wrongly, to add independent clauses to the ends of sentences: "I bought a copy of Eric Partridge's Usage and Abusage and covered it in sticky-backed plastic so that it would last a lifetime (it has)." Citation form varies: one passage from the Bible is identified as "Luke, xxiii, 43" and another, a page later, as "Isaiah xl, 3".

The end-of-sentence cadence is important for expressing differences in meaning.

Several end-of-sentence intonations are possible, but three are especially common: falling, rising, and falling rising.

Use plenty of end-of-sentence particles.

She says "freeway" and "cellphone", and her intonation rises at the end of sentences.

He does Sweeping Oration with Dramatic Rising Volume at the End of Sentences.