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loose sentence

noun

  1. a sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of loose sentence1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

A loose sentence may be broken at some point before the end, and up to that point be grammatically a complete sentence.

Theoretically the periodic sentence is better than the loose sentence; for it economizes attention.

A loose sentence is one in which the meaning is complete at one or more points before the end.

With this line ends the long, loose sentence that began with line 37.

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