Synonym: condemn, condemnation, conviction, doom, judgment of conviction, prison term, time. Similar words: essence, intent, maintenance, a bone of contention, commencement, sentiment, entertainment, intend. Meaning: ['sentns /'sentəns] n. 1. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language 2. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed 3. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned. v. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.
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151. In the sentence 'She ran quickly', the adverb 'quickly' modifies the verb 'ran'.
152. She was pardoned after serving ten years of a life sentence.
153. The subject of a sentence and its verb must agree in number.
154. He got off with a fairly light sentence because it was his first conviction.
155. In the sentence 'We went to the airport', 'went to the airport' is the predicate.
156. 'Bob' is the subject of the sentence 'Bob threw the ball'.
157. He was given a further three month prison sentence to run concurrently.
158. Lee's solicitor said last night that they would be lodging an appeal against the sentence.
159. In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory.
160. In the sentence, 'I saw him today', the word 'him' is in the accusative.
161. In the sentence 'He was seen there', 'was seen' is in the passive. Sentencedict.com
162. In the sentence, 'I sent her a postcard', the word 'her' is in the dative.
163. In grammar, an adjunct is an adverb or adverbial phrase that gives extra information in a sentence.
164. In the sentence 'It stopped raining and the sun came out', 'It stopped raining' and 'the sun came out' are both coordinate clauses, joined by the word 'and'.
165. Look, you've typed " do " as'so " , and made nonsense of the whole sentence.
166. In the sentence 'I like ice cream', 'ice cream' is the object of the verb 'like'.
167. The full stop at the end of this sentence is a dot.
168. Your task is to interchange words so that the sentence makes sense.
169. In the sentence 'Let her go, she's done nothing wrong!', the bare infinitive is the word 'go'.
170. In the sentence 'The woman who I met was wearing a brown hat', 'who I met' is a relative clause.
171. The Bishop said he was sickened by the severity of the sentence.
172. The professor told us how to turn a good sentence.
173. In the sentence 'I wish I were a bird','were' is a subjunctive.
174. The judge handed down a very heavy sentence on him.
175. In the sentence 'By that time I will have finished, ' the verb phrase 'will have finished' is in the future perfect.
176. In the sentence 'He walked quickly along the road', 'quickly' and 'along the road' qualify 'walked'.
177. The court granted him leave to appeal against the sentence.
178. The judge gave him a suspended sentence and demanded that he pay $30,000 to a children's charity.
179. She ran a straight line underneath the sentence which she thought important.
180. In the sentence 'You smell nice', 'smell' is a copula.
More similar words: essence, intent, maintenance, a bone of contention, commencement, sentiment, entertainment, intend, tendency, contend, intense, fence, hence, intensity, sequence, commence, science, evidence, tent, reference, experience, residence, conference, abstinence, difference, experienced, preference, consequence, consent, attendance.