1.   As he spoke he sipped an espresso and frequently jabbed his finger into the air to punctuate a point.

2.   As if to punctuate the point, the woman resolutely refused to give her name or job.

3.   He raised his index finger to punctuate his point.

4.   His points were punctuated with hand gestures, theatrically large and perfectly timed, lest anyone in the back row miss what he was trying to emphasize.

5.   One mother held a miniature coffin, snapping the lid shut to punctuate her point.

6.   Punctuating the point, the Mariners took over first place in the West, with Texas losing to fall a game off the pace.

7.   Scalia, one of the most conservative members of the court, punctuated his point with an example that was easy to grasp.

8.   Spence is a terrific writer, using personal and fictional anecdotes throughout his piece to punctuate his points.

9.   To punctuate their point, the two Democratic leaders broadcast a conference call they had with Gore and his running-mate, Connecticut Senator Joseph I. Lieberman.

10.   Wednesday night, the Mariners punctuated that point.