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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The novel’s length is daunting, but the writing is swift and eventful, often expressed in coursing run-on sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The narrator, a reader with siblings and a penchant for run-on sentences, brings a modernist sensibility to the texture of her daily life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
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
It can be impossible to sift through his sentence fragments and run-on sentences to find the ideas they contain.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2016
His run-on sentences throbbed with anger and hatred.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
