Text Formatting ⇒ A line over a big part of text (not in MATH mode)

[kornaros]

I want to place a line or a bracket over or under a big text (of two or more lines length for example) and preferably respecting the hyphenation of this text. Is it possible? I tried \usepackage{ulem} but this does not respect hyphenation rules(no hyphenation at all!) Am I right? Any suggestions please? Charis

[kaiserkarl13]

Does something like this work?

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\noindent\rule{\linewidth}{1pt}
\indent
Blah blah blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah blah blah.
\\\rule{\linewidth}{1pt}

I'm not 100% certain what you want to do; this will put horizontal rules (1pt thick) at the top and bottom.

[kornaros]

This is not what I am talking about. An example to illustrate myself: I want an \overbracket command(that RESPECT AND SAVE HYPHENATION RULES) so that to put a bracket over the inside big text here! of the following example

this is a text this is another text and here is an \overbracket{ the inside big text here!} and the text continues ...