Example sentences for: clauses

How can you use “clauses” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In addition to being eminently readable, my super-sentence is characterized by two clever strokes: a clause within a phrase within phrase within a clause within a phrase in the first five words, and the distillation of the adverb clause into a two-word cluster, “when [he was] challenged,” instead of the previous three words, “more than I.” Not only are all the structures as concise as they can be, but, with the exception of the subject, Leadere , all nouns, adjectives, and adverbs are now replaced by phrases and clauses.

  • There he can take his pick of universities in which to begin undoing the damage of gerundial clauses that take an accusative (“We appreciate you coming.

  • Enforces contract provisions intended to protectthe agency, such as warranties or liquidated damages clauses.

  • At St. Paul's School we are convinced that the study of grammer need not be an arcane, in vacuo ex- ericise; and all of our students explore the structure of English, from the parts of speech to the phrases and clauses, ultimately applying their knowledge to usage, punctuation, and sentence creation.

  • He then explained that he too had discovered the formula for the two-word adverb clause and that, moreover, he had been able to replace all nouns, adjectives, and adverbs with phrases and clauses.


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