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complex sentences

  • plural
    of complex sentence.
    complex sentence
    noun
    a sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause, as When the bell rings (dependent clause), walk out (main clause).

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I do have to say, so I give these long, sometimes very complex sentences and paragraphs, but they all come together.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

Similarly, a study published in May in the journal Communications Biology found that elephants form complex "sentences" through their various rumbles, ear flags, trunk rubbings and other actions.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2024

This is of course necessary when faced with those complex sentences, wherein often, as E.M.

From Washington Post Nov. 17, 2022

Longer, complex sentences may cause audience members to lose focus.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

Playfully she ran through complex sentences, calling the words alive with her voice, making it seem that the author somehow was speaking directly to me.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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