em dash

noun

, Printing.

1. a dash one em long.

em dash

noun

1. printing a dash (—) one em long

Example Sentences

She also mentioned a more urgent priority, that her “birthdate be followed in the biographical index by an em dash, and then a blank space.”

From Seattle Times

In the first section, the em dash mimics breathing out.

From New York Times

I had never seen anything like that em dash, slicing the page with such a flourish, with such extension of thought.

From Washington Post

After the Oxford comma debate and the death knell of the period, the latest mark to define and divide us — breaking up our thoughts, adding emphasis to our convictions, alternately vexing and delighting readers — is the em dash.

From New York Times

For some writers, the em dash is a vice that their editors occasionally forgive but more often forbid.

From New York Times