tilde
swung dash
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Without the tilde, both hands are understood to act together.

Tilde walked back a few yards to speak to him.

The use of the tilde over the two letters is now rare.

Tilde said, voice like the call of a distant bird.

He waited for Tilde to tell them she was over the top and secure.

Franco came a few seconds later, and Tilde just behind him.

Tilde and Franco thought about that for a few seconds.

He was not too smart for Tilde, but no dummy, either.

Tilde, he was sure, would in the long run not know how to handle fame and success.

But after he won the election they began printing his name complete with tilde.

He pulled on the ropes to Tilde and they came back loose, cut.

The tilde is used with many letters that are considered part of the alphabet.

He couldn't imagine tilde why anyone would visit this time period, let alone live here.

It should be distinguished from the "mark of suspension", or tilde.

"tilde When we arrive at the system I may be able to get more accurate readings."

He had absolutely no intention of breaking tilde that rule now.

Franco came into view as if out of a fog and joined up with Tilde.

Tilde squeezed so low her face was on the floor beside the bundle.

The tilde is also used as a modifier for symbols.

And Tilde lay with her legs beneath a stone, screaming.

"Go," Tilde said, making a pushing motion with her hands.

Tilde seemed to miss this statement of deep time.

Tilde tapped his shoulder and gently pushed him out of the way.

Tilde took the lead and Franco followed close behind.

The swung dash ( ) is used in various ways in punctuation:

A dictionary entry providing an example for the term henceforth might employ the swung dash as follows:

Parentheses, curved brackets, square quotation marks, ellipses, dashes, and swung dashes are rotated clockwise 90 when used in vertical text (see diagram).

Fourth (1951) and Fifth (1964) Editions were revised by E. McIntosh, who introduced the space-saving swung dash that stands for the headword.

A few hackers will call it a swung dash , but these are the far-out types who call the @ a strudel, whorl or snail What do they call the asterisk? "