- a variation of parenthetical.
parenthetic
Example Sentences
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That nearly 100-year-old publication instructs sentence drafters to “enclose parenthetic expressions between commas” and to “place a comma before and or but introducing an independent clause.”
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2014
Sir: The clue to their success is tucked unobtrusively into one parenthetic expression that you use: "Russian is more precisely phonetic than English."
From Time Magazine Archive
The smooth gliding of the voice in parenthetic clauses, etc.
From 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
Mrs. Memorall interjected, with a parenthetic glance at the mirror.
From The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton
The fact that I still loved my husband I placed as a parenthetic consideration, in my plans.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
