Sentence examples for three dots from inspiring English sources

The phrase "three dots" is not typically used as a part of a sentence.
However, it can be used to refer to an ellipsis (three consecutive dots) that is used to indicate the omission of words or a pause in speech. Example: "She was about to reveal her deepest secret...but then she changed her mind and remained quiet."

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Three singles and three dots.

Three singles followed by three dots.

Three dots start Faulkner's next over.

There were three dots and then there was nothing.

Bring back the three dots and have done with it".

But he follows it up with three dots.

In the official title, there are three dots before And.

Those first three dots covered a lot of ground.

"One dash and three dots stand for B".

When I was four years old, I would draw pictures where the "i" had three dots, and those three dots then became parts of a smiley face.

ptb3Ellipsis: Whether to map ellipses to three dots, the old PTB3 WSJ coding of an ellipsis.

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