Again, we’ve already looked closely at many different ways to use it, so this section will just include examples of all the ones you will most commonly come across in sentences so you can see the hyphen in action a little more!

Compound Words

• Check-in is at 2 o’clock.
• She had always been kind-hearted.
• I work full-time at the grocery store.

Prefixes

• My self-esteem has been higher than ever lately.
• She’s much happier now that her ex-husband has moved out of town.
• You should practice more self-love to be happier,

Compound Modifiers

• She put on a world-class performance.
• I prefer hands-on learning.
• My puppy won best-in-show at the competition.

Numbers

• I’ll be thirty-two next March.
• The number twenty-seven bus goes that way.
• I counted sixty-four apples before my Mom stopped talking to her friend at the grocery store.

Fractions

• He won a half-million on the lotto!
• Two-thirds of the class were boys.
• One-third of the class were girls.

To Indicate A Stammer

• “I’m s-so s-sorry.”
• “B-but I d-don’t want to g-go.”
• “Y-you c-can’t stop m-me.”

With High Or Low

• The high-rise apartments offered the nicest views.
• She’s dealing with low-confidence right now.
• The music was low-volume to help her fall asleep.