run-on sentence
noun
a written sequence of two or more main clauses that are not separated by a period or semicolon or joined by a conjunction.
run-on sentences
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pluralof run-on sentence.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To me, when I listen, the songs feel like run-on sentences.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Andy O’Bryan, who co-founded an online group for entrepreneurs interested in AI, said he’s seen more people trying to scuff up AI-generated prose with typos or run-on sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Sometimes, the phrases are like run-on sentences; elsewhere, they are poetic, rhetorical, filled with pauses and hesitations.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
That passage gives a sense of the novel’s eccentric and often clumsy style, its tumbling clauses, fugitive commas, run-on sentences, and oddities of punctuation.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2017
His run-on sentences throbbed with anger and hatred.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
