Want to see samples of good sentences with a dash?

Describing falling in love with a place (in this case, Arizona)

More rarely—perhaps only once, perhaps two or three times—one experiences something more like love at first sight.

- Joseph Wood Krutch, The Desert Year

Describing the Utah desert in the heat of a summer afternoon

In this static period, even the domestic livestock—horses, sheep, goats, cattle—have sense enough to take it easy, rest in the shade.

- Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

More on the Utah desert in the heat of a summer afternoon

Even the red ants keep to the inside of their evil nests at noon, though they will come out eager to fight if riled with a stick—I've tried it, naturally.

- Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

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