Phrase Hound found 53 phrases and 24 compound words that contain sentence. The most common are listed below. Open sentence in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 53
- death sentenceA decree that someone be put to death as a punishment for a crime; a sentence of execution.
- life sentenceA sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of the defendant's life.
- prison sentenceConfinement in prison as punishment for a crime.
- simple sentenceA sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clause.
- complex sentenceA sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
- compound sentenceA sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') or punctuation (such as ',').
- jail sentenceSynonym of prison sentence: Confinement in prison as punishment for a crime.
- Sentence structure
- suspended sentenceA sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force.
- conditional sentenceA sentence discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. A full conditional sentence contains two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.
- incomplete sentenceA group of words that appear to convey only part of a complete thought, lacking some component which is grammatically necessary to complete the thought.
- garden path sentenceA sentence that is easily parsed incorrectly when first read, due to the ambiguity of a word or words.
- cleft sentenceA complex sentence expressible by a simple one, having a dependent clause in front of the main clause and, typically, stressing a particular constituent.
- sentence-final particlea word class that occurs at the end of a sentence or utterance that does not carry relational meaning, but may indicate linguistic modality, register or pragmatics
- minor sentenceAn irregular type of sentence that lacks a main clause, such as "Precisely so" or "Next Tuesday evening".
- number sentenceAn equation or inequality expressed with numbers and operators, such as 3 + 6 < 10.
- pro-sentenceA function word or expression that substitutes for a whole sentence whose content is recoverable from the context.
- sentence caseThe standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms.
- topic sentenceA sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
- sentence mixTo rearrange words and sounds in a speech recording as to change its meaning, usually for humorous purposes.
- mandatory sentenceA criminal sentence of a predetermined minimum period of time which a judge is required by statute to impose upon a conviction for a crime.
- sentence mixingpresent participle and gerund of sentence mix
- periodic sentenceA sentence whose main clause appears at its end.
- affirmative sentenceA sentence that affirms (rather than negates) a proposition.
- sentence connectiveSynonym of logical connective: A truth-valued function such as conjunction, disjunction, negation, and material implication.
Compound words 24
- sentencerOne who sentences.
- oversentenceTo issue a sentence that is harsher than necessary.
- intrasentenceSynonym of intrasentential: inside a sentence.
- foresentenceA sentence or condemnation in advance.
- sentencelikeResembling or characteristic of a sentence.
- sentencewiseOf or relating to a sentence or sentences.
- hypersentenceAn implicit sentence containing an explicit sentence.
- intersentenceSynonym of intersentential: between sentences.
- nonsentenceAn utterance that is not a sentence.
- sentegraphA paragraph consisting of a single sentence.