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sentences

  • plural
    of sentence.
    sentence
    noun
    a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
  • present tense form
    of sentence (3rd person singular).
    sentence
    noun
    a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.

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His sentences are complicated, lyrical and hauntingly abrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Before the advent of AI, to recreate a voice, someone would have to record almost 400 sentences before they knew they were going to lose their voice, according to Leibowitz.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

She told the court her son did not sound like himself, spoke in "very short sentences" and "sounded very upset".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Over the past 50 years, all prisoners who received death sentences were convicted of murder, though capital punishment was also used for rape convictions before that.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Scoob doesn’t know what to say, and anyway, his head is spinning, so it’s not like he could form sentences if he tried.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone