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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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Pakistan's Supreme Court had suspended those sentences in August, but police re-arrested the couple before they could be released.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“When a judge sentences a parent,” she told the judge, “a child serves part of that sentence too.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

They finish each other’s sentences and switch up their Google Meet backgrounds, cracking up as an awkward graduation portrait pops up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Prosecutors have requested sentences ranging from four to 12 years for six of the seven defendants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

She didn’t cry or yell or spew out a dozen sentences in one second.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman