1.   The silence was occasionally punctuated by laughter.

2.   The silence is punctuated only by the light banter among the four ops room members and radio babble with the captain on the bridge.

3.   Children walking to school fear walking the blocks where gun sellers operate, he said, and on many nights, gunfire punctuates the silence.

4.   That was when Publisher Jimmy Stahlman punctuated the pregnant silence with a salute with his ceremonial desk cannon.

5.   It was quiet, the silence punctuated frequently by the bark of a dog or the cry of a raven.

6.   The silence was punctuated only by the sound of singing from the local kindergarten.