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There’s an unlimited number of possible things we can say, of sentence structures, but not anything can be a sentence structure.

We have to come to terms with the fact that recognizing sentences written by humans is no longer a trivial task.

You can even set how many sentences you want in your summary.

Simple enough, but you can glean much information from that sentence.

It does not help anyone to have communities where people feel like living there is a death sentence.

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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.

That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable.

Brown had been serving a life sentence; McCollum had been on Death Row.

Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.

Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.

Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.

John Wilkes released from the tower by the memorable sentence of chief justice Pratt.

It seeks the shortest phrase or sentence and adds successively all the modifiers, making no omissions.

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On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sentence, such as: censure, decision, edict, judgment, order, and penalty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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