Sorry, I have quite a few examples below where I have used hyphens but I just want to make sure that they are ok, or if any changes are needed?
‘His blowing gusts were like a gale-fore wind.’
‘Looking after her wasn’t helping my own self-esteem.’
‘Although it was mid-morning, I was still sleepy.'
‘Torn-up petals of the flowers fell on my face.’
‘Usually on the drive there, I would listen to songs that I would sing-along to.’
‘I was worn-out.’
‘He was left-handed, just like me.’
‘I’ve just spent the last half-hour or so, trying to work it out.’
‘I butted in, stopping him in mid-sentence.’
‘He requested one, face-to-face.’
‘To cleanse myself of the grease-ridden, but mightily enjoyable breakfast, I took a shower.’
‘I couldn’t re-use it.’
‘It’s the name of my ex-boss.’
‘Yes, at first, I didn’t want some disease-ridden, dirty, stray cat staying with us in our home.’
‘She was off-limits.’
‘It was a non-event this year.’
‘I lay on the couch like the lazy, self-deprecating potato that I had become.’
‘But more off-putting, they stank.’
‘He said that, trying to pre-empt her moaning.’
‘We were already half-cut.’
‘Her teeth chattered like the wind-up ones you can buy from a joke shop.’
‘I got on the double-decker bus.’
‘The friends that sat around him were oblivious to our face-off.’
‘Made-up torture scene.’
‘What a ***-bag he really can be.’
‘I reached the back-end of the bus.’
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Hyphenation has some rules, but it is also question of personal style. ) * pre-empt * half-cut * wind-up * double-decker * face-off * made up * x-bag * back (rear) end
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Hyphenation has some rules, but it is also question of personal style. Here are my suggestions: gale-force * self esteem * mid-morning * torn up * sing along * worn out * left-handed * half hour * mid-sentence * face-to-face * grease-ridden * reuse * off season * non-event * self-deprecating * off-putting (?) * pre-empt * half-cut * wind-up * double-decker * face-off * made up * x-bag * b