How to Use ampersand in a Sentence

ampersand

noun
  • The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.
    — Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Asos even has some of the rainbow ampersand tees from last year’s collection still in stock.
    — Hilary George-Parkin, Vox, 2 July 2019
  • The ampersand in the name is distinctive, but it was also widely mocked at the time.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The first ampersand sign dates back to 79 AD in the ancient town of Pompeii.
    — Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The actress was joined in her fashion statement by her Stranger Things co-stars, who also donned blue ampersands.
    — Neha Prakash, Vanities, 7 May 2017
  • The Craft & Folk Art Museum lost an ampersand but gained a new identity.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Granted, an ampersand would probably be worse, but what happened to the good-old days when marketing execs earned their salaries by coming up with new names, instead of adding symbols to old ones?
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
  • At a time when law firms are shortening their names to just one partner, dropping their ampersands or using only initials, one Houston firm has gone the opposite direction.
    — L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Though Simon would never affix another ampersand to his name, Halee is a collaborator as much as a producer.
    — Ian Gassman, The Know, 19 Jan. 2017
  • The pockets on all aprons are ripstop and have the classic Hadley & Bennett rubberized ampersand on the chest pocket in each character's signature color.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The business has emerged as a Chipotle-of-pizza of sorts, with a cult following of both customers and employees, who have willingly had the restaurant’s symbol, the ampersand, tattooed on their bodies.
    — Katie Rogers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2017
  • At the same time, Gosling’s Ken wrestles with his relevance, and the matter of being little more than Barbie’s appendage, someone who wouldn’t exist without an ampersand.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 July 2023
  • Some people would say the Electoral College or anyone named Kyle or passwords of no more than 16 characters containing a number, an ampersand and at least one capital letter.
    — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
  • In 2021, Church went big and released a three-part album titled Heart & Soul, with each word — and the ampersand — representing a different installment.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The groundbreaking sitcom stars and their iconic ampersand are back in the spotlight in NBC's latest teaser for the show, which returns this fall more than a decade after the 2006 series finale.
    — Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 5 July 2017
  • Patron Saint Virgil Abloh—creative director, human ampersand, vibe curator, air-quote innovator.
    — Benjy Hansen-Bundy, GQ, 7 Feb. 2018

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