The old lady 's words were punctuated by noise from outside .
老太太的话不时被外面的吵闹声所打断。
The football game was punctuated by the cheers of supporters .
这场足球赛不时出现啦啦队的喝采声。
If a 26-year-old sends elaborately punctuated text messages , does this herald the end of an era ?
如果一名26岁的年轻人发送短信时，标点符号都费心推敲过，这是否预示着一个时代的终结？
Their evidence comes from traffic to one of their own sites which follows a kind of punctuated equilibrium , rising and falling sharply over time as other sites point to theirs .
