syntax

Example Sentences

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"If someone looks closely, they can spot Russian syntax in these videos."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Rosalind Krauss’s “Passages in Modern Sculpture” offers a chapter on “a new syntax for sculpture.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

I would also hate it if a photo of me “disappeared” my hair or captured me from “underneath angles,” famously the worst angles, and goddammit, Trump has once again gifted us some incredible syntax here.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

The Academy noted the author's flowing syntax with long, winding sentences devoid of full stops that has become his signature.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Each word is slotted into a place in the tree according to its category, because the rules of syntax don’t specify the order of words but rather the order of categories.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker