punctuates
v. (在文字中)加標點符號,加標點( punctuate的第三人稱單數 ); 不時打斷某事物
If an activity or situation is punctuated by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.
The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
夜晚的寧靜不時被遠處車輛的隆隆聲打斷。