1.   At this time of the year, most of the country here was flooded, and heavy downpours punctuated the day.

2.   A ribbon of clouds will punctuate the day in central New England as a cold front approaches from the St. Lawrence Valley.

3.   He has lived here between the pizzeria and an electronics store, his days punctuated by the rhythm of the flights.

4.   His cheeks are flushed with fever and he coughs often, a thick, choking sound that punctuates their days.

5.   In person and by phone, he punctuates his day by juggling their attentions.

6.   Sampras punctuated the day with his special brand of hooks and slams.

7.   Sensing the kill, Sampras put him away with a pair of overhead smashes, punctuating the day with a match-winning shot that bounded into the stands.

8.   The day was also punctuated with staccato bursts of gunfire.

9.   The suicide attack, for which no militant group immediately claimed responsibility, punctuated a day of lethal violence.

10.   Their days are no longer punctuated by ringing telephones, courtroom testimony, or media interviews.